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A gold-lacquer shibayama-inlaid three-case inro The inro by Nemoto and the netsuke by Homei/Yasuaki, both Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century image 1
A gold-lacquer shibayama-inlaid three-case inro The inro by Nemoto and the netsuke by Homei/Yasuaki, both Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century image 2
Lot 34Ф,Y

A gold-lacquer shibayama-inlaid three-case inro
The inro by Nemoto and the netsuke by Homei/Yasuaki, both Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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A gold-lacquer shibayama-inlaid three-case inro

The inro by Nemoto and the netsuke by Homei/Yasuaki, both Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The flattened compressed body in the form of a kinchaku, lavishly decorated in typical Shibayama style in gold togidashi maki-e, kirikane and shell inlay with two fantastical, humorous scenes depicting an oni in a garden of flowering autumn plants and flowers holding his shumoku (wood hammer) umpiring a tug-of-war game between two frogs, one rabbit, a monkey and a rat on one side and two temple servants running for shelter frightened off by a man brandishing a large Tengu mask beneath a flowering maple tree, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Nemoto zo within two silvered-metal rectangular reserves, with a silver-lacquer cylindrical ojime decorated with a chequered design; and an ivory netsuke of a seated No play narrator holding a fan, signed Homei/Yasuaki with a seal Kodama. The inro: 6.7cm x 9cm (2 5/8in x 3½in); the netsuke: 2.7cm (1 1/16in) high.

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