A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

Lot 45
21.03.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 922475
Lot 45 | A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Estimate value
$ 800 – 1 200
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNDE KANSHOSAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)

Decorated in gold, black and silver lacquer takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e on black ground, with design of a tiger hiden among bamboo, eyes of the tiger inlaid with gold leaf and crystal

3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)





Provenance

Henry Joseph Pfungst Collection (1844-1917), London, by repute

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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