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67 68 (part lot)

INRO 68*
Various Properties
TWO GOLD-LACQUER INRO
67 Y Ф Edo period (1615-1868), early-mid 19th century
TWO LACQUERED INRO The first with a rectangular body decorated in gold takamaki-e,
One 19th century and one 18th century hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e and kirikane with a continuous scene of
The first a gold-lacquer five-case inro, decorated in gold takamaki-e and a Shinto purification ritual showing on one side figures gathered on
kirikane highlights with salt-burners’ huts beside a lake with mountains the banks of a winding stream behind a manmaku (brocade curtain),
in the distance with an ivory netsuke of a skeleton kneeling over a a torii gate in the foreground, the reverse depicting a nusa (wooden
large human skull and holding a lotus bud, signed Tadachika, and an wand used in Shinto rituals) in the middle of a dug-up square area filled
ivory ojime of a human skull, signed Gyokuzan, the inro 9.8cm (3 7/8in) with water located before the walls of a castle, the interior of nashiji,
high; the second a lacquered Kinma-style four-case inro with a design unsigned, with a carved walnut netsuke, 8.6cm (3 3/8in) high; the
of fantastic beasts among scrolls in typical flat red and black lacquer, second with a rounded rectangular body decorated in gold takamaki-e,
unsigned, with an ivory ojime carved in the form of Kanzan and Jittoku hiramaki-e and kirikane with an all-over design of fruiting gourd trailing
with an attendant, the inro 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high. (2). over a bamboo fence, the risers with a scalloped edge on opposite
sides and embellished in gold hiramaki-e with a repeated square
£800 - 1,000 pattern, the compartments of nashiji, unsigned, with a red glass ojime,
JPY110,000 - 140,000 9cm (3½in) high. (2).
US$990 - 1,200

30 | BONHAMS £1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.