Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 748
A JAPANESE LACQUER INRŌ WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £953
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Description
A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRŌ
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Decorated with twenty-petalled chrysanthemum mon, the family crests rendered in gold hiramaki-e lacquer on the black roiro ground, with kotobuki characters to the sides, signed Inagawa saku to the base with a red-jar Nakaharu seal, 9.5cm.
Provenance: by repute purchased from Sydney L Moss, London.