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INRO AND OTHER SAGEMONO
Various Properties
25 *

A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
By Nakaoji Moei, Edo period (1615-1868),
late 18th/early 19th century
Decorated with a continuous design of flowering kerama
tsutsuji (Kerama azalea) issuing from rocks in red, gold
and silver togidashi maki-e, the interior of roiro with
hirame flakes; signed on the base in gold lacquer
Moei (Shigehide) with a seal Tomi.
7.6cm (3in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
25 JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

Provenance
Purchased at Galerie Robert Finck, Brussels, 1942.
Ivan Lepage Collection, no.400.

26 *
A LACQUER SINGLE-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/mid-19th century
The body with stylised water lacquered in gold chinkinbori,
decorated with a red-lacquer ebi (lobster) carved in high
relief, its tail continuing on the reverse, the interior of roiro
with kinji edges; unsigned.
8.2cm (3¼in) wide.

£1,000 - 1,500
26 JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

Provenance
Lt.Col. J. B. Gaskell Collection, no.214.
Consul Dr Ch. Hartmann Collection.
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 1931.
Ivan Lepage Collection, no.385.
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A BLACK-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Koma style, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The mura-nashiji ground lacquered in gold and silver
takamaki-e with a continous scene depicting three
cranes flying over banks of windswept reeds; the interior
compartments of red lacquer with matt-gold risers; unsigned.
7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.

£2,000 - 2,500
JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$2,600 - 3,300

Provenance
Purchased in Paris, 1933.
Ivan Lepage Collection, no.378.
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