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A GREY-LACQUER SQUARE SECTION THREE-CASE INRO Provenance
BY OGAWA HARITSU (RITSUO, 1663-1747), AND A LACQUER Philippe Burty Collection.
HAKO-NETSUKE BY SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
The inro: Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century; Published
the netsuke: Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890s Louis Gonse, L’art japonais, Paris, Maison Quantin, 1886, p.262.
The inro with a shibuichi-nuri ishime ground imitating metal, two
rectangular faces carved in low relief with archaic script, the cord Exhibited
runners in the form of a row of four butterfly-shaped cleats inlaid Louis Gonse, Catalogue de l’Exposition Rétrospective de l’Art
in shell, each attached with a metal ring on a ground of elaborate Japonais, Paris, Maison Quantin, 1883, p.145, no.268.
tasselled brocade, the interior of matt shibuichi-nuri lacquer, signed
with two seals, Kan surrounded by rain dragons on the base and
Naoyuki on the top; the square rounded box netsuke lacquered with
tied sheaves of rice overhanging a stream on a chado-nuri ground,
signed on the reverse in subori at the lower right Zeshin.
The inro: 7.2cm (2 5/8in); the netsuke: 3cm x 2.5cm (1 3/8in x 1in).

£8,000 - 12,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,700,000
US$10,000 - 16,000

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