Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 139
A JAPANESE TWO-CASE WOOD INRO
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £520
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Description
A JAPANESE TWO-CASE WOOD INRO
EDO OR MEIJI, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Possibly made of kurogaki (black persimmon), carved to one side with a lone figure walking on a bridge leading to a heavenly palace, the reverse with the Goddess Seiobo and two attendants standing beneath the fruiting branches of a peach tree, the base with a three-character signature, 7cm.
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.