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A GOLD-LACQUER AND SILVER-MOUNTED SHIBAYAMA STYLE
TWO-CASE INRO IN THE FORM OF A LANTERN
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The rounded rectangular kinji body decorated with various materials in
Shibayama style with two revellers, a wakashu (young man) dancing
with a fan to the accompaniment of music and a lady wearing a
hozutsumi (female winter headgear covering cheeks and head) on
one side and tied stalks of peony applied in high relief of enamels and
shell on the other, the top and bottom applied with silver mounts inlaid
with formal scrolling foliage in coloured enamels, the interior of dense
nashiji; unsigned. 12.1cm (4¾in) high.

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY450,000 - 600,000
US$4,200 - 5,700

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A GOLD-LACQUER SAYA (SHEATH) THREE-CASE INRO
AND MANJU-NETSUKE
Both by Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989)
or Heisei (1989-) era, late 20th century
The outer sheath lacquered to simulate tree bark, decorated with
sprigs of leaves in gold takamaki-e with inlaid shell highlights, the inner
slender three-case inro similarly lacquered with a vertical formation of
three owls on one side and one in flight on the reverse in hiramaki-e
and togidashi maki-e, the top and bottom with a chequered design,
signed Enshu; with a lacquered and inlaid manju netsuke decorated
with a rat nibbling fruit, signed on the reverse in gold lacquer Enshu;
and a white stone ojime. 7.2cm (2¼in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000 139
US$2,800 - 4,200

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