AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Decorated with the elegant figure of Seiobo, the Queen Mother of the West standing amongst clouds, wearing loose robes with long ribbons floating behind her, the reverse with the steps to her divine palace, the face and hair of the figure rendered in thick enamels and her clothes with details in gold foil on the takamaki-e and nashiji ground, a three-character mark underneath, attached to an agate ojime, 8.8cm.

Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.