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SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868),
probably 19th century
The rounded rectangular body decorated in
gold and slight-coloured togidashi maki-e with
a continuous scene of the gathering of the
Seven Sages in a bamboo grove, the interior
of roiro-nuri; signed to one side with a red-
lacquer seal Shiomi Masanari; with a glass
ojime. 7.1cm (2¾in) high.

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY490,000 - 580,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, London,
June 2000, lot 166.
41 An English private collection.
42
TATSUKE TAKAMASU
A Black-Lacquer Three-Case Ribbed Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
The three-lobed rectangular body lacquered
in gold, silver and slight-coloured takamaki-e
with a continuous scene depicting a
procession of revellers, some carrying swords,
several beating hand drums and one playing a
flute, while another holds a large umbrella over
the group, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on
the base in gold lacquer Tatsuke Takamasu;
with a red stone ojime. 5.7cm (2¼in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900
Provenance:
42 Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased in these rooms, The Edward
Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, Part IV,
6 November 2013, lot 150.
An English private collection.
43
KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rounded rectangular body with a nashiji
ground decorated in gold takamaki-e and
kirikane with an all-over design of shochikubai
(Pine, Bamboo and Plum, the ‘Three Friends
of Winter’), mountains in the distance, the
interior of rich nashiji; signed Toto Kajikawa
saku. 9.3cm (3 5/8in) high.

£600 - 800
JPY120,000 - 160,000
US$790 - 1,000

Provenance:
Purchased at Christie’s, South Kensington,
London, 19 May 1994, lot 132.
43 An English private collection.

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