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INRO
Various Properties
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A BLACK-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
By Koma Bunsai, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th
century
Of upright form, bearing a rich roiro ground, lacquered with
scattered maru-ni-onigashiwa mon of the Makino family
of Tanabe among scattered formal flowerheads, in gold
takamaki-e and zogan-nuri, the interior of nashiji with kinji
edges, signed in a red gourd-shaped reserve Bunsai; with a
gilt metal and enamel filigree ojime; unsigned.
9.5cm (3¾in) high.
£7,000 - 9,000
JPY1,000,000 - 1,300,000
US$9,300 - 12,000
Provenance
Edward Gilbertson collection.
R. A. Pfungst collection.
Demaree and Dorothy Bess collection.
Charles A. Greenfield collection, no.205.
Purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990.
Edward Wrangham collection, no.2001.

Published
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three, Lacquer, Netsuke 44
and Tsuba, Japan Society, New York, 1972, inro no.30.
A. J. Pekarik, Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980, no.45.
E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope,
Northumberland, 1995, p.32, Bunsai, Koma, right.

Exhibited
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1894, case XIII,
no.31A.
Japan Society Gallery, New York, 1972.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980.

The technique used on the smaller mon is zogan-nuri,
which simulates cloisonné enamel by applying fine gold
or silver wire.
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A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
By Tsuchida Soetsu, (1660-1745), Edo period (1615-1868),
early 18th century
Of oval form, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid
with a broad hat, staff and sack resting on the ground, the
reverse with an ancient willow tree by a stream, in gold
takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e, the staff of inlaid mother-
of-pearl and the interior of nashiji; signed Tsuchida Soetsu
with a kao. 7.6cm (3in) high.
£1,200 - 1,500
JPY180,000 - 220,000
US$1,600 - 2,000
Provenance
W. W. Winkworth collection.
Carlo Monzino collection.

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