ID 813443
Lot 140 | A VERY RARE LACQUER INRO-STYLE BOX AND NETSUKE
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOHO KANOTOSHI SHUJITSU RITSUO SEI (MADE BY RITSUO IN AUTUMN 1721) AND INLAID CERAMIC SEAL KAN (OGAWA HARITSU, 1663-1747)
The lacquer box and cover with brass hinges and cord holes opens on side, designed to simulate a chipped and cracked ink cake, each side with a sunken panel, one side with an elephant bearing a inlaid ceramic seating pad, and stylized musical instruments around, the reverse with Chinese characters, both sides with a incised crackled ground, brass fittings, signed and sealed on reverse ; netsuke in matching style as cut-in-half inkstone, one side with dragon and reverse with Chinese characters, signed and dated on side
3 1/5 in. (8.1 cm.) high
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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