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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP
OF LACQUER PIECES
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era
(1868-1912), early to mid-19th century
Comprising a circular lacquer kogo (incense
box) and cover decorated with an abstract
three-leaf crest design on a wakasa-nuri
lacquer ground, unsigned, 3cm x 7.5cm
(3in x 1¼in); the second a red-ground gourd-
shaped box, decorated in iroe hiramaki-e
with gourds, leaves and vines, 8cm x 1.5cm
x 4.2cm (3 1/8in x 5/8in x 1 5/8in); the third
in the form of a spinning wheel on its frame,
lacquered with a praying mantis and beetle
on a simulated mokume (wood-grain) ground,
6.1cm (2 3/8in); the fourth a kogo (incense
box) in the form of a stylised tanchozuru
(red-crested crane) seated and looking
back, preening its plumage, the interior of
55 red lacquer, 5.3cm x 3.2cm (2 1/8in x 1¼in);
the fifth a sake cup, lacquered in gold and
silver takamaki-e with three korogi (crickets)
amidst grasses, 8.2cm (3¼in) diameter. (9).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

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A LARGE INLAID SUGI (JAPANESE
CEDAR) WOOD OVAL TONKOTSU
(TOBACCO BOX) AND COVER
By Isseisai, Edo period (1615-1868),
mid/late 19th century
Decorated in predominantly in shell and wood
inlay of high relief with a goose on the banks
of a river squawking at the partially obscured
full moon, the body of the tonkotsu similarly
inlaid with a crab crawling amid reeds; signed
on the reverse Juhassai Isseisai (Isseisai, aged
18) within a rectangular reserve accompanied
56 by a large seal probably reading Katsukawa.
8.2cm x 12.3cm x 7.5cm
(3¾in x 4 7/8in x 2 15/16in). (2).
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,000 - 1,300

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A WOOD SQUARE SAKAZUKI
(SAKE CUP) AND COVER
By Kanshosai Toyo, Edo period (1615-1868),
circa 1820
Decorated on the cover in gold takamaki-e
and ceramic inlay with a solitary seagull gilding
over waves, the lower section plain; signed
on the cover in gold lacquer Toyo with a kao.
5.9cm x 8.5cm x 8.5cm
(2¼in x 3 3/8in x 3 3/8in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
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