Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 135A
A JAPANESE TSUISHU LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £280
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Description
A JAPANESE TSUISHU LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with two scholars in Chinese dress to one side and with a third to the reverse, the figures carved on a dense ground of asa-no-ha diaper, with a large lingzhi head to the top; together with a coral ojime and a red lacquer manju netsuke embellished with scrolling leafy tendrils, the inro 8.9cm.
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.