Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 266
A JAPANESE THREE-CASE GOLD
Estimate £600 - £1,000
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Description
A JAPANESE THREE-CASE GOLD, SILVER AND BLACK LACQUER INRO BY YOYUSAI HARA (1768-1845)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with a continuous design of many chidori (plovers) in flight above pines, some birds in gilt and others a chocolate-brown colour, signed to the base Gyonen nanaju-san o, Yoyusai (Yoyusai, an old man of seventy-three), with a white glass ojime, the inro 6.1cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.