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A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
A RED-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO A GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO By Kajikawa Bunryusai, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Edo period (1615-1868), By a member of the Kajikawa family, late 19th/early 20th century
early-mid 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) The wide body with an okibirame ground
The broad rounded rectangular body with a or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-19th century lacquered in e-nashiji, gold and coloured
red-lacquer ground decorated in gold lacquer The rounded rectangular body decorated in takamaki-e with cartouches of varying shapes,
and slight-coloured takamaki-e with butterflies gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with an enclosing flowers and emblems representing the
hovering around a group of frolicking shishi, all-over design of a thatched hut positioned Gosekku (The Five Chief Festivals), the interior
the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned; at the foot of pine-clad tall craggy rocks on risers of rich nashiji, signed on the base in gold
with a green-glass ojime. the shores of a meandering river, the interior lacquer Kajikawa Bunryusai saku; with a glass
9cm (3½in) high. of nashiji, the base signed in gold lacquer ojime and an umimatsu netsuke in the form of a
Kajikawa saku with a re-lacquer pot-shaped bamboo section, inscribed Toyomasa shichijusai
£2,500 - 3,000 seal; with a metal ojime in the form of a (at the age of 70).
JPY340,000 - 410,000 basket containing fruit, unsigned. 7.8cm (3 1/8in) high.
US$3,100 - 3,700 8.7cm (3 3/8in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500 £2,000 - 3,000
JPY140,000 - 210,000 JPY280,000 - 410,000
US$1,200 - 1,900 US$2,500 - 3,700

32 | BONHAMS 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.