THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN
The following lot was collected by H J Hunt Esq, a Bristol Quaker, who lived and traded in Japan from 1870 onwards, principally as a tea dealer
TWO GOLD LACQUER GROUND INRO AND A SMALL METAL INRO
19TH CENTURY
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TWO GOLD LACQUER GROUND INRO AND A SMALL METAL INRO
19th Century
A five-case inro decorated in gold takamakie, hirame, okibirame, togidashi, gilt and metal takazogan with mounted Kosekiko crossing the bridge, the reverse with Choro, (small metal inlays missing), unsigned, with a coral ojime and a wood and metal kagamibuta netsuke signed Josensai; another of four-case, in gold and black takamakie, gold hiramakie and togidashi with a priest on an ox, the reverse with a boy by a waterfall, (some minor old damage), signed Hoyu saku; and a small single-case pewter inro, unsigned
9.2cm. long, 8.7cm. long and 3cm. long (3)
19th Century
A five-case inro decorated in gold takamakie, hirame, okibirame, togidashi, gilt and metal takazogan with mounted Kosekiko crossing the bridge, the reverse with Choro, (small metal inlays missing), unsigned, with a coral ojime and a wood and metal kagamibuta netsuke signed Josensai; another of four-case, in gold and black takamakie, gold hiramakie and togidashi with a priest on an ox, the reverse with a boy by a waterfall, (some minor old damage), signed Hoyu saku; and a small single-case pewter inro, unsigned
9.2cm. long, 8.7cm. long and 3cm. long (3)