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AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
A lacquer inrodansu (inro storage box)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Rectangular with a removable door opening
to reveal four drawers, decorated in several
shades of gold, silver and black hirakamki-e,
takamaki-e and embellishments of silver
and aogai with a flowering vine and a
butterfly against a reddish-brown ground,
the edges with silver flakes on a roiro-
nuri ground, inscribed and bearing a
seal Zeshin in the lower left corner of the
door, and inscribed at top right On-inro,
the loop handle, hinges and lock plate gilt-
copper engraved with vines
8 7/8 x 13 5/8 x 7 7/8in (22.5 x 34.5 x 20cm)

$4,000 - 5,000
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Provenance
Previously sold, Christie’s, New York,
September 11, 2012, lot 87

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A FINE FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The large inro with a bright kinji ground
sprinkled with hirame and decorated with
Soga no Goro and Asahina Saburo, the
former pulling the skirt of the latter’s armor,
in gold and colored takamaki-e with details in
e-nashiji, the eyes inlaid in glass, the interior
cases nashiji; with gilt-metal ojime engraved
with a flowering prunus
4in (10.2cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

Provenance
Previously sold, these Rooms, March 19,
2013, lot 2216
Sotheby’s, London, July 18, 1984, lot 462

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