WORKS OF ART -- 10.30AM
A kinji ground four case lacquer inro decorated in iroe hiramakie and togidashi with a hawk tethered to a perch, the reverse with a vase of flowers on a stand beside a teapot, the interior in nashiji -- 3¼in long,signed Shoka sai; attached coral ojime; and wood manju netsuke carved with three seated figures drinking saki -- 1½ in diameter signed Ikko sai.
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A kinji ground four case lacquer inro decorated in iroe hiramakie and togidashi with a hawk tethered to a perch, the reverse with a vase of flowers on a stand beside a teapot, the interior in nashiji -- 3¼in long,signed Shoka sai; attached coral ojime; and wood manju netsuke carved with three seated figures drinking saki -- 1½ in diameter signed Ikko sai.
See Colour Plate.
See Colour Plate.