Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 143
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with Raijin to one side and Fujin to the reverse, the God of Lightening and the God of Thunder depicted walking by a pine tree, both carrying a large drum on its back, with details in gold and silver lacquer on the black roiro ground; together with a large wood netsuke carved as an oni slicing a cucumber on a drum, signed Gyokumin with kao, the inro 8.2cm.
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
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