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INRO
Various Properties
(Lots 58-71)

58 *
KANSHOSAI LINEAGE AFTER A DESIGN
BY KANO MORONOBU (HOGEN EISEN)
A Black-Lacquer Broad Three-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The broad rectangular body with a sparsely
sprinkled hirame ground decorated in black
takamaki-e, gold and silver hiramaki-e with
an all-over design depicting five crows, two
crows perched on snow-laden pine branches
and three crows in flight, two crows inlaid in
shell, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the
bottom case Hogen Eisen’in ga with a seal
and Kanshosai with a kao; with a striped bead
ojime and a wood netsuke in the form of a rat
catcher; unsigned. 7.7cm (3in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY780,000 - 970,000
US$5,200 - 6,500

59 *
KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1868-1912), 19th century
The rounded rectangular roiro-nuri ground
58 decorated in gold takamaki-e with a monkey
carrying its offspring swinging from a pine
branch reaching for the crescent moon
reflected in the water on one side, the full
moon lacquered in silver hiramaki-e partially
hidden behind cedar trees on the reverse,
the cord runners embellished with karakusa
(‘Chinese grasses’), the interior of sparse
hirame signed Kajikawa Bunryusai with a kao;
with a black-lacquered ojime and a black-
lacquer two-part manju netsuke lacquered
with a sprig of berries; signed Kajikawa.
8.2cm (3 3/8in) high. (2).
£3,000 - 4,000
JPY580,000 - 780,000
US$3,900 - 5,200
60 *
JITOKUSAI GYOKUZAN
A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rounded rectangular body decorated in
gold and red takamaki-e with the character
kotobuki (longevity) surrounded by 16-petalled
kiku mon (chrysanthemum crests) on a rich
nashiji ground, the interior also of rich nashiji,
signed on the base Jitokusai Gyokuzan with a
kao, with a large coral netsuke in the form of a
peach and a glass ojime; unsigned.
9cm (3½in) high.

59 60 £3,500 - 4,000
JPY680,000 - 780,000
US$4,600 - 5,200

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