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Lot 318
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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牡丹に獅子図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「東巴作」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Douglas J. K. Wright, London, 1966.
Wrangham collection, no.679.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.292, Toha, top right.
Although not acknowledged as such, the engraving of the shishi is very much in the manner of the celebrated sword fitting maker, Yokoyo Somin and his school.






