Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 269
A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD, SILVER AND BLACK LACQUER INRO BY KOMA KORYU
EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Both sides decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with large cranes, the elegant birds depicted standing in a variety of postures, the base signed Koma Koryu saku, together with a glass ojime, the inro 9cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.