Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 268
A SMALL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER INRO
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £400
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Description
A SMALL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER INRO
EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with a continuous design of thatched buildings surrounded by a fence, one side with a gate leading to the houses, with large rocky outcrops partially obscuring the huts and with tall pines to the side, the railing rendered with metal inlays, the scene depicted in takamaki-e, nashiji and kirikane, 6.2cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.