Japanese Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 435
A SMALL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUERED WOOD INRO
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A SMALL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUERED WOOD INRO
EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
Decorated in gold, silver, red and brown lacquer, embellished with gold foil on a ground of roiro-nuri, the interior in nashiji, one side with a scholar and a child attendant on a sampan observing a crane flying above, the reverse with two figures under a rocky outcrop, 6.3cm.
Provenance: formerly the collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, D.L., M.P. for Bedford (1879-1957) of Felmersham Grange, Bedfordshire, and thence by descent.