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A YAMIMAKI-E (BLACK-ON-BLACK) LACQUER
THREE-CASE INRO
Attributed to Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989)
or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century
The broad rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered in
black relief with crows in flight, their wings overlapping, the interior
lacquered on both sides with an egret in gold takamaki-e on a rich
nashiji ground, inscribed on the base in black relief Karyobin; with
a wood storage box. 8.2cm (3¼in) high. (2).
£2,500 - 3,500
JPY330,000 - 460,000
US$3,100 - 4,300
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A BLACK-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO
By Koma Bunsai, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century
Of upright form, the rich roiro ground lacquered with scattered
maru-ni-mitsugashiwa mon of the Makino family of Tanabe among
scattered formal flowerheads, in gold takamaki-e and zogan-nuri,
the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed in a red gourd-
shaped reserve Bunsai; with a gilt metal and enamel filigree ojime;
unsigned. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.
£7,000 - 9,000
JPY920,000 - 1,200,000
US$8,600 - 11,000
Provenance:
Edward Gilbertson Collection.
R. A. Pfungst Collection.
Demaree and Dorothy Bess Collection.
Charles A. Greenfield Collection, no.205. 46
Sold at Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990.
Edward Wrangham Collection, no.2001.

Published:
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three, Lacquer, Netsuke
and Tsuba, New York, Japan Society, 1972, inro no.30.
A. J. Pekarik, Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900, New York,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, no.45.
E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope,
Northumberland, 1995, p.32, Bunsai, Koma, right.

Exhibited:
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1894, case XIII, no.31A.
Japan Society Gallery, New York, 1972.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980.

The technique used on the smaller mon is zogan-nuri,
which simulates cloisonné enamel by applying fine gold
or silver wire.

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A LACQUERED BAMBOO INRO WITH ENSUITE
LACQUERED BAMBOO HAKO-NETSUKE AND OJIME
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Lacquered in gold takamaki-e on either side with a variety of
shells including murasakigai (mussels), sazae (turban shell), shijimi
(basket clams), awabi (alabone) and a hitode (starfish) among
seaweed, a sliding panel on the side revealing five small ivory
drawers and knops, unsigned; with a bamboo hako-netsuke and
a hexagonal bamboo ojime lacquered in a similar manner with
assorted shells. The inro: 7.9cm (3 1/8in).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY200,000 - 260,000
US$1,900 - 2,500
(reverse)

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