A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE

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21.03.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 922360
Lot 41 | A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Carved in red lacquer (tsuishu), the roundels on both sides decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a large ship and compass of the twelve zodiac animals, the ojime and netsuke with foreigners scenes decorated in enamel

2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1951, 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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