A gold lacquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie, scattered nashiji and togidashi with a temple entrance among pine trees on a river bank, the reverse with a rocky river landscape before a temple among trees -- 3¼in. high; bead ojime. | Christie's

Sale 4591

Oriental Works of Art and Ceramics

London, South Kensington

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20 March 1992

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Lot 114

A gold lacquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie, scattered nashiji and togidashi with a temple entrance among pine trees on a river bank, the reverse with a rocky river landscape before a temple among trees -- 3¼in. high; bead ojime.

Price realised

GBP 308

Estimate

GBP 150 - GBP 200

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A gold lacquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie, scattered nashiji and togidashi with a temple entrance among pine trees on a river bank, the reverse with a rocky river landscape before a temple among trees -- 3¼in. high; bead ojime.
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