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169
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Four-compartment lacquered inro, Japan, Edo period, 18th cen…
See original version (French)
169
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Four-compartment lacquered inro, Japan, Edo period, 18th cen…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Four-compartment lacquered inro, Japan, Edo period, 18th century
The body, with a polished black ro iro lacquer base, is decorated on one side with a large, open ogi fan, adorned with branches of cherry blossoms rendered in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e using gold and silver, embellished with clouds in nashiji lacquer, and small bells strung on a gold lacquer thread. The whole is framed by radiating strands inlaid with mother-of-pearl. A second, slightly open fan can be seen in the background. The reverse is adorned with a second, smaller, closed fan, from which another fan opens, decorated with dragonflies flitting above susuki grass, with a silver-lacquered moon and clouds in nashiji lacquer in the background. The ribs are inlaid with aogai. The interior is finished in fundame lacquer. Signed beneath the base ‘Koma Yoshinao – ????’ in red kao, corresponding to the fifth generation of the Koma lacquerers’ lineage.
The cord is adorned with an openwork bone ojime and a wooden netsuke depicting an oni holding a fixed fan in his right hand and a large bag in his left.
8.3 x 6.4 cm
In good overall condition, with a few superficial scratches and signs of normal wear; slight lifting and small, isolated gaps in the mother-of-pearl inlays.
See original version (French)
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