Lot 261
261
A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Property from the Collection of Governor and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
A Four-Case Lacquer Inro

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

Details
A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo period (17th century)
Lacquered with a roiro-nuri ground with traces of hirame and decorated with scallop shells, some carved in sunken relief and lacquered in gold takamaki-e, nashiji; red lacquer interiors
2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) long
Provenance
W.L. Behrens, Paris
Ralph Harari, sold Sotheby's, London, The Harari Collection of Inro, 28 March, 1974, lot 10

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Henri L., Joly, Lacquer and Inro, reprint of Part II of the W. L. Behrens Collection, London, 1912 (New York: Paragon Books, 1966), no 174.

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