ID 1387562
Lot 170 | A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
Decorated in gold and silver lacquer hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with boat carrying bushwood bundles over waves; signed on the interior of lid, and incised Hokkyo Korin (design after Ogata Korin; 1658-1716); the wood netsuke decorated with crawling insects, signed on inlaid mother-of-pearl plaque Soichi (Shibayama Soichi); cloisonné-enamel decorated ojime
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Exhibited
'Shibata Zeshin: from Tradition to Innovation', Takahashi Setsuro Gallery, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, 19 Feb-3 Apr 2011. Exh. cat. no. 36.
'The Blossoming of Imperial Culture: Technique and Aesthetic in the Adornments of Meiji Court'. Exh. cat. no. IV-106. Exhibited at the following venues:
The Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya/ Hosa Library, Nagoya City, 17 Apr-27 May 2018
Akita Senshu Museum of Art, Akita City, 21 Jul-2 Sep 2018
The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto City, 2 Oct-25 Nov 2018
Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo, Tokyo, 16 Mar-10 May 2019
Gakushuin University Museum of History, Tokyo, 20 Mar-18 May 2019
| Artist: | Shibata Zeshin (1807 - 1891) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Inro |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Artist: | Shibata Zeshin (1807 - 1891) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Inro |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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