EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY)

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TWO INRO
Edo period (Late 17th/18th century)
A miniature single-case inro, gold lacquer ground; decoration in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, lead, silver and shell; compartment, shoulder and rims gold lacquer; riser black lacquer with a waves and spray design in gold lacquer; with signature scratched through the gold lacquer ceiling of the compartment Hokkyo Korin zo [made by Hokkyo Korin]; stained ivory ojime

On the front a boat and reeds; on the reverse a stylised fisherman in a large hat

A three-case inro, black lacquer ground; decoration in gold hiramaki-e and low takamaki-e; sides and base gold nashiji; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer (old wear)

Figures and buildings in a landscape
13/8in. (3.6cm.) and 2¾in. (7cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The well-known design of the first inro was first used in lacquer by Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and was subsequently copied by a number of other artists working in the so-called Rinpa style who often added the signature of Koetsu's artistic successor Ogata Korin (1658-1716). See William Watson (ed.), The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868 (London, 1981), cat. no. 158.

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