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Four-compartment inro in gilded lacquered wood, Japan, Edo p…
See original version (French)
170
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Four-compartment inro in gilded lacquered wood, Japan, Edo p…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Four-compartment inro in gilded lacquered wood, Japan, Edo period, 18th–19th century
With a kinpun background decorated in hira maki-e, taka maki-e and kirikane in various shades of gold, silver and brown lacquer, depicting on one side a nobleman dressed in court attire and wearing a kanmuri, seated at a small writing desk beneath a large thatched pavilion, set on a terrace overlooking a mountainous landscape; the aristocratic figure, associated with the act of writing and the rustic setting, may evoke one of the thirty-six great poets (Sanjurokkasen). The reverse depicts a landscape of wooded mountains, with pine trees and rocks. The interior is finished in nashiji lacquer. The inro is accompanied by its braided silk cord and its pearl-shaped glass ojime.
9.5 cm x 6 cm
Scratches, very slight dent on the ojime, minute areas of lacquer loss.
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