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Property from the Ankarcrona Collection of
Japanese Lacquer and Asian Works of Art
(LOTS 33-39)

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A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
SIGNED ON AN INLAID GOLD TABLET YANAGAWA NAOTSUNE AND
KAJIKAWA SAKU, RED POT SEAL EI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Finely decorated on a kinji ground in gold and silver hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e and details in kirikane and keuchi, with a warrior kneeling
before a courtier in front of a palace; the figures inlaid in shakudo,
shibuichi, gold and silver; interiors and risers nashiji, fundame rims
2¡ in. (6.2 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

LITERATURE:
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Inro and Lacquer-ware from a Private Swedish
Collection, (London, 1996), no. 39, p. 42-43.

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A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
SIGNED KOMA YASUTADA SAKU, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH - EARLY
19TH CENTURY)
Decorated on a rogin ground in togidashi sumi-e and details in red and
black togidashi-e, with two swallows flying over breaking waves and
a third on the reverse has landed on the water; nashiji interiors and
risers; attached carved-wood netsuke of mushrooms, aubergines and
gourds, signed Tomonobu and kakihan
3º in. (8.2 cm.) high
$2,500-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Walter Lionel Behrens Collection
Paul Corbin Collection
LITERATURE:
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Inro and Lacquer-ware from a Private Swedish
Collection, (London, 1996), no. 12, p. 22-23.
Hôtel Drouot: Auction Catalogue of the Paul Corbin Collection, Paris,
1926, no. 98.

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A CIRCULAR LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOGO)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The circular shallow box with flush-fitting cover decorated in red,
black, silver and gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kinpun and muranashiji
on a gyobu-nashiji ground and inlaid in Somada style with a biwa
and pipes (sho), and an open fan among scattered maple leaves, the
interior with tomoe in gold hiramaki-e and aogai inlay on a sparse nashiji
ground, pewter rims
3Ω in. (9 cm.) diameter
$2,500-3,000