Lot Essay
For details of the artist see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, 1995), p.112-114
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SIGNED KANSAI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Two-Case Inro
Signed Kansai, Edo Period (19th century)
With deep bottom case, decorated in sumi-togidashi-e, highlights of gold and red lacquer and tiny inlays of cut shell on a silver ground with fireflies among grasses, red lacquer interiors with sprinkled nashiji, fundame rims
7.8cm. high
Signed Kansai, Edo Period (19th century)
With deep bottom case, decorated in sumi-togidashi-e, highlights of gold and red lacquer and tiny inlays of cut shell on a silver ground with fireflies among grasses, red lacquer interiors with sprinkled nashiji, fundame rims
7.8cm. high
Provenance
J.C. Hawkshaw Collection no.320
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.