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A lacquer four-case inro By Jitokusai Gyokuzan, 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,500 inc. premium
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By Jitokusai Gyokuzan, 19th century
The roiro ground with mura-nashiji and sparsely sprinkled with gold dust, lacquered in gold and red togidashi with a continuous design of Autumn plants, the interior of nashiji, signed Jitokusai Gyokuzan with kao; with ribbed-tsuishu ojime splashed with gold and black lacquer, unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in).
The roiro ground with mura-nashiji and sparsely sprinkled with gold dust, lacquered in gold and red togidashi with a continuous design of Autumn plants, the interior of nashiji, signed Jitokusai Gyokuzan with kao; with ribbed-tsuishu ojime splashed with gold and black lacquer, unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in).
Footnotes
秋草に蜻蛉図蒔絵印籠 銘「自得齋玉山(花押)」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Antiques by Constantine, London, 1978.
Wrangham collection, no.1399.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.63, Gyokuzan, Jitokusai, top row, second from left.