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INRO (SET OF INTERLOCKING
MEDICINE CASES)
Property of a Lady
(Lots 30-43)

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A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a roiro-nuri
ground decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e
with an all-over design of a flock of egrets, all
reserved on a roiro-nuri ground, unsigned, with
a kagamibuta netsuke, the gold-lacquer bowl
with a shibuichi plate applied in bronze, gilt and
shibuichi high relief with a pair of pheasants
perched on cherry branches; unsigned.
8.1cm (3¼in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900
Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, London,
5 November 2007, lot 328.
An English private collection.
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30 A GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body decorated in
gold, red, and black takamaki-e and hiramaki-e
with kirikane highlights, lacquered with a scene
depicting the parable of Rosei’s Dream, the
young man’s face visible through a fan of inlaid
shell, the upper right with the vapours of his
dream in sumi-e togidashi maki-e featuring
a retinue with a palanquin, the interior of rich
nashiji; unsigned. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY190,000 - 290,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, South Kensington,
London, 11 May 2011, lot 242.
An English private collection.
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31 A GOLD-LACQUER SMALL
FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body decorated in
gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with a
continuous design of two carp swimming among
aquatic plants on a sprinkled hirame ground,
their eyes inlaid in glass with black pupils, the
interior of nashiji; unsigned. 7.2cm (2¾in) high.
£1,200 - 1,500
JPY230,000 - 290,000
US$1,600 - 2,000
Provenance:
Michael Tomkinson Collection, with the original
Tomkinson label no.319.
Purchased at Christie’s, London,
March 1995, lot 412.
An English private collection.
Published and listed (not illustrated):
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese
Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson, London,
1898, vol.I, p.9, no.319.
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