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A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO A MIXED-METAL-INLAID SAYA (SHEATH) A METAL-INLAID GOLD-LACQUER
By Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845/6), Edo period GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO FIVE-CASE INRO
(1615-1868), first half of the 19th century Meiji era (1868-1912), By Kakosai Shozan, Edo period (1615-1868),
The body of standard lenticular cross section late 19th/early 20th century mid-19th century
decorated in gold and coloured takamaki-e The vertical rectangular rounded kinji saya The vertical rounded-rectangular body
with overlapping roundels enclosing the 12 decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and with a rich nashiji ground decorated in gold
animals of the East-Asian zodiac, six on each kirikane, worked on one side in chiselled relief takamaki-e, kirikane, silver and gold hiramaki-e
side, all reserved on a okibirame ground, of gold, bronze and shakudo with two sumo with a sage accompanied by his young
the interior risers of rich nashiji, the base wrestlers facing each other inside a dohyo attendant, each worked in chiselled relief of
signed in gold lacquer Yoyusai saku with a (sumo ring) before a bout, the reverse with a gold, shibuichi, bronze and shakudo beneath
kao; with a glass ojime. manmaku curtain draped across the branches flowering branches of plum on one side
8.9cm (3½in) high. of a tree adorned with gohei (ritual papers), admiring a waterfall cascading down through
the inro embellished in gold takamaki-e with rocks and feeding the river below shown on
£3,000 - 4,000 a continuous ground of ken-katabami mon the reverse, the interior of Gyobu nashiji, the
JPY410,000 - 550,000 (heraldic crests of swordblades combined base signed Kakosai; with a wood netsuke
US$3,700 - 5,000 with flowers of wood sorrel), the interior of of an itinerant entertainer, unsigned.
rich nashiji, unsigned; with a glass ojime. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.
7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. (2).
£2,500 - 3,000
£2,500 - 3,000 JPY340,000 - 410,000
JPY340,000 - 410,000 US$3,100 - 3,700
US$3,100 - 3,700

40 | 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.