A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

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21.03.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 922389
Lot 38 | A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOYUSAI (HARA YOYUSAI; 1769-1845)

Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and nashiji on black ground with two workmen cleaning a great buddha (daibutsu), the ojime decorated in choshitsu (carved lacquer)

3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1948

Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent



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This lot is offered without reserve.
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