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         INRÔ WITH THE                    INRÔ WITH LANDSCAPE.             INRÔ WITH HOUSES IN
         THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER.         INRÔ MIT LANDSCHAFT.             MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE.
         INRÔ MIT DEN DREI FREUNDEN       Japan. 19th c.                   INRÔ MIT HÄUSERN IN
         DES WINTERS.                                                      BERGLANDSCHAFT.
         Japan. 19th c. Yûkasai.          Roiro with gold takamaki - e and details in   Japan. 19th c.
                                          nashiji and kirigane. Hut under trees and
         Hira -  and takamaki - e in gold, nashiji and   in the background a mountain landscape.   Black lacquer with gold lacquer. Inside
         kirigane on fundame ground. Dense decor   On the other side a hut beside a winding   nashiji. Decor on both sides. Five - part.
         of pine tree, bamboo and plum blossoms   stream. Five - part. Height 7.5cm. Netsuke:   Height 9.2cm. Kagamibuta - netsuke:
         between clouds. Five - part. Height 8.1cm.   Hotei and karako under a pine tree. 19th   Chestnut branch. Shitan wood capsule,
         Sign.: Yûkasai. Netsuke: Gingko leaf with   c. Ivory. H. 2.5cm. Sign.: Gyokusai. Ojime:   presumably boxwood top with metal
         fruits. 19th c. Ivory. W. 4.3cm. Sign.:   Cottage and chrysanthemums. Bronze   inlays. W. 2.9cm. Ojime: Layered and
         Naokazu. Condition A/B.          with gold, silver and copper. H. 2.3cm.   carved lacquer in black, red and green.
                                          Sign. Condition A/B.             H. 1.5cm. Condition A/B.
         Provenance:
          - Sotheby’s New York, Fine and Important   Provenance:           Provenance:
         Japanese Works of Art on 15 October    - Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired    - Dutch private collection.
         1987, lot 534.                   from Denise Cohen, New York in 2008.
          - Dutch private collection since 2008.                           € 2.000 – 3.000 | $ 2.220 – 3.330 | ‡
                                          € 2.500 – 3.500 | $ 2.775 – 3.885 | ‡
         € 2.500 – 3.000 | $ 2.775 – 3.330 | ‡
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                                                                           INRÔ WITH HIBACHI, TSUITATE                                   2341
                                                                           AND HANGING SCROLL.                                                                                                      2342
                                                                           INRÔ MIT HIBACHI, TSUITATE
                                                                           UND HÄNGEROLLE.
                                                                           Japan. 18th c. Kajikawa family.
                                                                           Hira -  and takamaki - e in gold and silver
                                                                           with details in sumi - togidashi on nashiji
                                                                           ground. Bulbous hibachi next to tsuitate
                                                                           with shishi and plum blossoms. On the
                                                                           other side a half rolled up hanging scroll
                                                                           (kakemono) with a sumi - e painting
                                                                           of Kanzan and Jittoku. Five - part.
                                                                           Height 5.9cm. Sign.: Kajikawa saku.
                                                                           Manjû - netsuke: Dried fish with daikon
                                                                           grater. Gold lacquer with inlays of gold,
                                                                           silver and copper. W. 3.5cm. Sign.: Shinsai
                                                                           & seal. Ojime: Bird and flowers. Copper
                                                                           gilded. H. 1.8cm. Condition A/B. Lacquer
                                                                           flaking on the netsuke.
                                                                           Provenance:
                                                                            - Collection W. W. Winkworth.
                                                                            - Sold at Sotheby’s New York, Fine
                                                                           Japanese Prints and Works of Art on 8/9
                                                                           December 1988, lot 595.
                                                                            - Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired at
                                                                           Bonhams, The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of
                                                                           Japanese Art on 8 November 2011.

                                                                           € 2.000 – 3.500 | $ 2.220 – 3.885


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         Netsuke & Inrô
         from a Dutch private collection
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