Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1177
A RARE JAPANESE GOLD AND RED LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A RARE JAPANESE GOLD AND RED LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The flattened circular body richly decorated to each side with the Shochikubai (the Three Friends of Winter), with branches of pine, flowering prunus, and bamboo sprays rendered in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane on the deep red ground, together with a rock crystal ojime and a kiri box, 7.2cm. (2)
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.