Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 957
A JAPANESE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated to one side with an ornate battledore
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A JAPANESE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
MEIJI 1868-1912
Decorated to one side with an ornate battledore, hagoita, and a shuttlecock made of seeds and feathers, and to the other with a small cat running away from the toy, in silver and gold hiramaki-e and nashiji on a roiro lacquer ground, signed to the underside Komin in red, 7cm.
Provenance: the collection of an English gentleman, acquired from Spink.