Lot Essay
For the Somada style, see lot 000
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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A FOUR-CASE NEW YEAR INRO IN SOMADA STYLE
Unsigned, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold and silver foil, incised and crushed shell; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; stone ojime; ivory netsuke
On one side Daikoku, God of Wealth, with his mallet and a New Year dancer, on the reverse a sprig of pine and a shimenawa [sacred straw rope]
33/8in. (8.5cm.) high
Unsigned, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold and silver foil, incised and crushed shell; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; stone ojime; ivory netsuke
On one side Daikoku, God of Wealth, with his mallet and a New Year dancer, on the reverse a sprig of pine and a shimenawa [sacred straw rope]
33/8in. (8.5cm.) high
Special notice
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