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KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
An Inlaid Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The kinji rounded rectangular ground
decorated in gold takamaki-e and inlaid in
high relief of gold, shibuichi and shakudo with
a nobleman seated on a two-spoked wheel
chair beneath pine branches watching an
archer take aim at a pheasant applied in gold
high relief, on the banks of river, shown on the
other side, with details enhanced in kirikane
and gold togidashi maki-e, the interior of rich
nashiji, signed on the base in gold lacquer
Kajikawa saku with a pot-shaped seal, with an
inlaid wood ojime applied in mixed metal high
relief with Daikoku holding a mallet, signed
Yoshihiro, and a wood netsuke of two turtles;
unsigned. 8.1cm (3 3/8in) high.
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£5,000 - 6,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
US$6,500 - 7,900

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TOKKOSAI
A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), mid/late 19th century
The kinji rounded rectangular body
decorated in silver and gold takamaki-e with
a continuous scene depicting three rabbits
leaping over waves against the red setting
sun, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the
bottom case in gold lacquer Tokkosai within
an oval reserve, with a stag antler ojime in
the form of a rabbit, and a wood netsuke in
the form of a shishi (Chinese Mythical Lion),
signed Sekishu. 8.1cm (3 3/16in) high.
£3,500 - 4,000
JPY680,000 - 780,000
US$4,600 - 5,200

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