A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

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21.03.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 922477
Lot 42 | A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMONE SAKU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI; 1900-1978)

Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e with kirikane detail on gold and silver fundame ground, with a Portuguese with a hound, cranes flying over Chinese figures on the other side, signature on base

3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1957

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



Literature

'Illustration', Oriental Art, Vol III, 1957. no. 1, pp. 15, by repute



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This lot is offered without reserve.
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