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35 *
AN EARLY GOLD-LACQUER AND INLAID
FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
The upright body inlaid in silver high relief with an eagle perched on a
rock on one side and a shishi running over a rock above a fast flowing
stream on the other, the cord runners inlaid in silver with formal kirimon,
on a ground of rubbed gold lacquer, the interior of red lacquer with nashiji
walls, unsigned; with a lacquered wood netsuke in the form of a
tabako-ire with a simulated metal clasp in the form of a roof tile decorated
with a shishi on a ground of aogai imitating basketwork; and a coral
ojime; with a wood storage box. The inro: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. (2).
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY330,000 - 400,000
US$3,100 - 3,700
Illustrated on page 11.

36 *
A SIMULATED LEATHER AND LACQUERED THREE-CASE INRO
Style of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo), Edo period (1615-1868),
early 18th century
In the form of a tabako-ire, the simulated leather ground of dark brown
lacquer, decorated in silver and gold hiramaki-e with a large dragonfly,
its head of inlaid aogai, another dragonfly on the reverse with its wings
inlaid in shell, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a coral ojime; and a
lacquered wood netsuke in the form of an ancient Chinese coin; with a
wood storage box. The inro: 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).
37 £2,500 - 3,500
JPY330,000 - 460,000
US$3,100 - 4,300

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
12 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.