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KOMA KYUHAKU LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Four-case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The broad rounded rectangular body
decorated in gold, silver, and slight-coloured
takamaki-e with a cockerel and chick on one
side and a hen with two other chicks on the
other, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the
base in gold lacquer Koma Kyuhaku saku;
with an inlaid bronze ojime applied in high
relief of gilt with two quail beside stalks of
millet; unsigned. 6.7cm (2 9/16in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY290,000 - 390,000
US$2,000 - 2,600
Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, South Kensington,
London, 11 May 2011, lot 286.
An English private collection.
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KOMA KORYU LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Four-case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868),
probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a rich
roiro-nuri ground, with mura-nashiji highlights,
decorated with tea pickers at work on one
side, a huge bridge overhung by a weeping
willow, spanning the Uji River on the other, in
the background a lake and high mountains
shown in the morning mist, embellished in
delicate gold and coloured togidashi maki-e,
the interior of rich nashiji; signed Koma Koryu
saku. 8.5cm (3 5/8in) high.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY490,000 - 580,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, South Kensington,
London, 11 May 2011, lot 271.
An English private collection. 34
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KOMA KYUHAKU LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Three-case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The broad rounded rectangular body with
a roiro-nuri ground decorated in gold, silver,
and red takamaki-e with a loosely-tied obi
(sash) embellished with auspicious symbols
of longevity comprising cranes, pine and a
minogame (bushy-tailed turtle) lying over a
kusudama (tasselled ball) depicted on the
reverse, the interior of dense Gyobu nashiji;
signed Koma Kyuhaku saku.
7.1cm (2¾in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900
Provenance:
Carlo Monzino Collection
Purchased at Sotheby’s, London,
21 June 1995, lot 462.
An English private collection. 35

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