Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1175
A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated to both sides with a continuous design of Okame in an interior, the Goddess of Mirth peacefully sleeping against a large rectangular pillow whilst holding an open fan, a blind open behind her; the other side with a black lacquer tsuigasane (table tray) and a wooden tray, the designs rendered in gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and tsukegaki on the nashiji ground, the base signed with three tensho characters, possibl for Hosen saku, attached to a coral ojime, the inro 9.2cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.