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                                                                              A YAMIMAKI-E (BLACK ON BLACK)
                                                                              LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
                                                                              19th century
                                                                              Unsigned.
                                                                              9.2cm (3 5/8in) high.

                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                              JPY150,000 - 220,000
                                                                              US$1,400 - 2,100

                                                                              龍図闇蒔絵印籠 無銘 19世紀

                                                                              Provenance:
                                                                              Victor Rienaecker collection, no.50.

                                                                              Of upright form, bearing a rich roiro ground,
                                                                              lacquered in black relief with two dragons in
                                                                              dispute amid swirling clouds, the interior of
                                                                              nashiji with kinji edges.


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                                                                              A TSUIKOKU (CARVED BLACK
                                                                              LACQUER) FOUR-CASE INRO
                                                                              19th century
                                                                              Unsigned.
                                                                              8.9cm (3½in) high.

                                                                              £800 - 1,000
                                                                              JPY120,000 - 150,000
                                                                              US$1,100 - 1,400

                                                                              竹林七賢図堆黒印籠 無銘 19世紀

                                                                              Carved in relief on the rinzu (diaper)
                                                                              ground with the seven Chinese scholars
                                                                              of the bamboo grove conversing beneath
                                                                              overhanging pine branches, with fallen
                                                                              bamboo leaves at their feet, the top and base
                                                                              similarly carved with chrysanthemums and the
                                                                              interior of black lacquer; with a gold-lacquered
                                                                              ojime.
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