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AN INLAID BLACK-AND-GOLD-LACQUER
TWO-CASE INRO
By Koma Kansai, after a design by Hon’ami
Koetsu (1558-1637), Edo period (1615-1868),
19th century
The black-lacquer ground decorated with
rolling Rinpa-style waves, extending over the
top and bottom, one side decorated with two
barges laden with bundles of wheat, the hull
of one inlaid in shell, the other in pewter, the
reverse with another barge inlaid in pewter;
signed in a rectangular reserve Koetsu no zu
Kansai utsuru (A design by Koetsu recreated
by Kansai). 6.6cm (2 5/8in) high.
£2,800 - 3,500
JPY420,000 - 530,000
US$3,800 - 4,800
Provenance:
Formerly in a Belgian aristocratic collection,
subsequently in the same family in France
and England.

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A ROIRO (BLACK-LACQUER)
FIVE-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800
The rich black-lacquer ground decorated with
togidashi maki-e, depicting a red spiny lobster
perched on rocks at the shoreline, swirling
waves crashing against the rocks, the spray of
gold and silver mura-nashiji, unsigned; with a
red coral ojime. 9cm (3½in) high. 12
£4,500 - 5,500
JPY680,000 - 830,000
US$6,100 - 7,500
Provenance:
Donald Mendelson Collection.
Sold at Christie’s, London, 28 October 1981,
lot 110.

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A METAL-INLAID GOLD-LACQUER
FOUR-CASE INRO
By Shokyosai, Edo period (1615-1868),
circa 1850
Of oval form, each side with a foliate reserve,
decorated in gold hiramaki-e with polychrome
accents, depicting courtiers in a mansion,
one kneeling in a large room awaiting orders
from his master on the other side, inspecting a
document on a low table, the figures inlaid in
metal with gilt details; signed Shokyosai.
8.5cm (3 5/16in) high.
£2,500 - 3,500
JPY380,000 - 530,000
US$3,400 - 4,800
Provenance:
Formerly in a Belgian aristocratic collection, 13
subsequently in the same family in France
and England.

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