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2143
KAJIKAWA FAMILY
A four-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Decorated with Jurojin riding on a stag in
gold and silver takamaki-e and togidashi
maki-e with hirame highlights against a red
and black mottled ground, the interiors
nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku; fitted with
a lacquer bead ojime decorated in a red,
brown, and black mottled pattern and a large
oval lacquer netsuke decorated with a radish
in silver and gold hiramaki-e and hirame on a
ground decorated to match the inro
3 1/4in (8.3cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,500
2144
KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI II (ACTIVE
CIRCA 1900)
A three-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/early 20th century
Lacquered in gold takamaki-e and gold, 2143 2144
silver and red togidashi maki-e with
embellishments of aogai, decorated with
a peacock and peahen by a pine tree, the
background roiro-nuri with hirame highlights,
nashiji interiors, signed Bunryusai and sealed
Masa; the silver cylindrical ojime decorated
with a plum blossom in gold takazogan,
signed Issai
2 3/4in (7cm) high
US$1,200 - 1,800

2145
KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI II (ACTIVE
CIRCA 1900)
A five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/early 20th century
Of oval section and decorated in iro-e
togidashi maki-e with an octopus, a lobster,
and a variety of fish in crashing and swirling
waves rendered in gold and black togidashi
maki-e, the top of the upper case and the
interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa Bunryusai
and with a kao; fitted with a hardstone ojime
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000

2145 (two views)

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