Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1172
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £3600
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Description
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated to all sides with a continuous design of broken wagon wheels discarded amongst vines and scrolling tendrils, the front with a praying mantis standing on a leaf, the design rendered in red and black takamaki-e lacquer in relief on the mottled toffee-coloured ground imitating agate, three leaves made of silvered metal inlays, together with a glass ojime, the inro 8cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.