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A RARE BLUE-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular section and decorated with two playful puppies in
gold and silver hiramaki-e against a glossy blue ground, inscribed
Okyo utsutsu (After Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), the interiors
gold and silver nashiji with fundame edges; fitted with a silver bead
ojime decorated with flowers in gold, copper and shakudo, signed
Chikanori, and a lacquered wood netsuke of a puppy decorated with
chrysanthemums
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000

Provenance
David and Sandy Swedlow Collection, sold, Bonhams, New York,
March 25, 2010, lot 2005

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TOBE KOFU (1888-1965)
A gold-inlaid five-case lacquer inro
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century
The kinji ground decorated in gold and colored takamaki-e with
highlights of mura-nashiji and kirikane, with the famous sumo wrestlers
Kawazu no Saburo and Matano no Goro Kagehisa inlaid in gold
takazogan, the wrestlers watched by a noblewoman seated on the
verandah of a palace building overlooking a garden, the interior cases
rich nashiji, signed Kofu saku (Made by Kofu)
3 3/4in (9.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
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Provenance
Previously sold, Bonhams, London, November 7, 2013, lot 126
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