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KANKOSAI
A single-case shakudo inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of oval form, inlaid on one side with a goose standing by a stream
beneath the full moon, and on the other with a goose wheeling in
the sky above a stream with reeds and rocks beneath, in shibuichi
takazogan with details of gold and silver, signed Kankosai; fitted with
a shibuichi ojime of geometric design
2 3/4in (7cm) high

US$1,200 - 1,800

Provenance
Wrangham collection, no.1141 (purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 1972)

Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope,
Northumberland, 1995, p.112, Kankosai

1249
KAJIKAWA WORKSHOP
A five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular section and with a kinji ground decorated in gold, silver
and colored takamaki-e, gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji with Hotei
dancing with his fan held high and balancing a small sacred jewel, a
group of four karako joining in the festivities, the interior nashiji, signed
Kajikawa saku and with the character Ei within an urn-shaped seal
3 1/8in (8cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500
1250 ¤
KOMA KORYUSAI
A four-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular section and decorated with circular panels of a kestrel
in a pine tree and a sparrow flying before prunus in gold, silver and
colored takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and hirame, the surrounding areas
kinji, interiors nashiji, signed Koryusai; with a blue hardstone bead
ojime and a wood netsuke carved as a pair of hares, eyes inlaid in
colored stone
3 1/2in (8.6cm) high
1250
US$1,000 - 1,500
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