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79* the interior of black lacquer, signed Komin; 82
with a gold-lacquer ojime; and a wood A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
A SMALL GOLD-LACQUER netsuke of Hotei carrying a sack containing a By Koma Kyuhaku, Edo period (1615-1868),
FOUR-CASE INRO small boy, unsigned. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. 19th century
By Nakayama Komin (1808-1870), The wide body with a rich roiro ground,
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-late 19th century £2,000 - 3,000 lacquered in gold and slight-coloured
Of upright form with a rich kinji ground, JPY280,000 - 410,000 takamaki-e with abundant kirikane highlights
lacquered with a continuous scene of a crane US$2,500 - 3,700 with a continuous scene of a disparate group
flying over a pine-clad rock while a minogame of passengers being poled in an open ferry
(long-tailed tortoise) climbs onto a smaller rock 81* boat beneath trailing branches of willow, three
amid swirling water, in gold takamaki-e with more travellers shown on the reverse including
highlights of e-nashiji, the interior of nashiji, A GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO a monkey-trainer and a monk running to catch
signed Hokkyo Komin with a kao; with an By Koma Kansai, Edo period (1615-1868), the departing boat, the interior risers of rich
amber ojime; and a stag antler manju netsuke 19th century nashiji, signed on the base in gold lacquer
in the form of a chrysanthemum, carved on the The wide body with a kinji ground finely Koma Kyuhaku saku; with a glass ojime and a
top with a paulownia crest. 7.6cm (3in) high. lacquered in silver, gold and coloured takamaki-e carved red-lacquer hako-netsuke carved with
and mura-nashiji with the Nehan (death of a sage seated on a promontory, unsigned.
£1,000 - 1,500 Buddha), the Enlightened One, the deity 7.5cm x 7.6cm (2 15/16in x 3 1/8in).
JPY140,000 - 210,000 prostrate on a dais, surrounded by weeping
US$1,200 - 1,900 pilgrims and the 12 animals of the East-Asian £2,500 - 3,000
zodiac, the reverse with acolytes praying and JPY340,000 - 410,000
80* presenting gifts on a cloud above strutting birds, US$3,100 - 3,700
the interior risers of rich nashiji, signed on the
A GOLD-LACQUER SAYA (SHEATH) base in gold lacquer Koma Kansai saku, with
FIVE-CASE INRO a glass ojime, and a manju netsuke lacquered
By Komin, Edo period (1615-1868) or in gold and slight coloured hiramaki-e with four
Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-late 19th century butterflies; with a wood storage box.
The saya with a subdued nashiji ground 8cm x 8.3cm (3 1/8in x 3¼in). (2).
and lacquered with scattered ferns in gold
hiramaki-e, the inner five-case inro lacquered £3,000 - 4,000
in gold togidashi maki-e with woodsmen JPY410,000 - 550,000
carrying water and salt-burners’ huts beside US$3,700 - 5,000
a turbulent lake with pine tees in the distance,
36 | 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.
