Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1169
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
Estimate £1,800 - £2,200
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Description
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with a continuous design of two peacocks in a luxuriant garden, the male bird pecking at the ground whilst his companion looks to the side, with many flowering branches around them, the eyespots inlaid in mother of pearl and the rest of the design rendered in gold and silver takamaki-e, nashiji and hiramaki-e lacquer on the black roiro ground, signed underneath with a three-character mark in gilt reading Inagawa saku and with a red pot seal mark, together with a melon-shaped stag antler and metal ojime, the inro 8.2cm.
Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.