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GANSHOSAI SHUNSUI KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A Black-Lacquer Broad Three-Case Inro A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The broad lustrous roiro-nuri ground decorated in gold and coloured The rounded rectangular body with a roiro-nuri ground decorated in
takamaki-e with two large sparrows fighting in mid-air on one side gold togidashi maki-e, silver, gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with
and windswept flowering autumnal plants and flowers including kikyo an all-over design depicting a mandarin duck and its mate swimming
(Chinese bellflowers), kiku (chrysanthemums), ominaeshi (valerian) and in a river on one side and three other wild ducks swimming and
hagi (bush clover) on the other, with details inlaid in shell, the interior perched on snow-laden willow branches on the other, the interior of
of rich nashiji; signed on the bottom case in gold lacquer Ganshosai rich nashiji; signed on the bottom case Kajikawa
Shunsui with a kao. 8.5cm x 8cm (3 3/8in x 3 1/8in). with a red pot-shaped seal. 7.6cm (3 1/16in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000 £3,500 - 5,500
JPY780,000 - 970,000 JPY680,000 - 1,100,000
US$5,200 - 6,500 US$4,600 - 7,200
Provenance: Provenance:
Maurice Champoud Collection. Maurice Champoud Collection.
Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts. Purchased from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum. Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
Published and Illustrated: Published and Illustrated:
Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto, Trudel Klefisch, The Champoud Collection Inro, Kyoto,
Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, pp.8-9, no.11. Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1984, p.7, no.10.

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