Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1171
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Estimate £2,000 - £2,500
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Description
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated to one side with a kyobako, the empty sutra box and cover left open on a beach, with crashing waves in the background, many seashells scattered over the sand and large pine trees to the side, the top with scrolling clouds, the continuous design rendered in gold, silver and red takamaki-e and nashiji on the black roiro lacquer ground, the base with a five-character signature reading Koma Kyuhaku saku, attached to a coral ojime, i7.7cm.
Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.