Lot Essay
For a netsuke of the same subject, see lot 296.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KANSAI [KOMA KANSAI II (1767-1835)]
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A Five-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Koma Kansai [Koma Kansai II (1767-1835)]
Lacquered in gold, silver, red and brown takamaki-e and gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirikane, hirame and uchikomi highlights with a large octopus seizing a monkey trying to escape to a nearby rock, the reverse with another monkey watching the scene from the safety of a rocky ledge, the octopus's eyes inlaid in glass; interiors fundame and nashiji; fitted with a stag antler ojime carved as a monkey in a basket
3½in. (9cm.) long (2)
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Koma Kansai [Koma Kansai II (1767-1835)]
Lacquered in gold, silver, red and brown takamaki-e and gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirikane, hirame and uchikomi highlights with a large octopus seizing a monkey trying to escape to a nearby rock, the reverse with another monkey watching the scene from the safety of a rocky ledge, the octopus's eyes inlaid in glass; interiors fundame and nashiji; fitted with a stag antler ojime carved as a monkey in a basket
3½in. (9cm.) long (2)
Special notice
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