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Lot 395
A birch-bark single-case inro or tonkotsu By Gyokuho, 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £812.50 inc. premium
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By Gyokuho, 19th century
Of wide form, lacquered to one side with a resting cicada in gold and silver takamakie and e-nashiji, the bottom signed in gold lacquer Gyokuho; with stamped metal ojime engraved with a floral design in relief, unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in) wide.
Of wide form, lacquered to one side with a resting cicada in gold and silver takamakie and e-nashiji, the bottom signed in gold lacquer Gyokuho; with stamped metal ojime engraved with a floral design in relief, unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in) wide.
Footnotes
蝉図樺樹皮蒔絵印籠/とんこつ 銘「玉峯」 19世紀
Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased in 1984.
Wrangham collection, no.1730.
























