

Lot 26*
A lacquer single-case inro Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/mid-19th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,083.75 inc. premium
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Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/mid-19th century
The body with stylised water lacquered in gold chinkinbori, decorated with a red-lacquer ebi (lobster) carved in high relief, its tail continuing on the reverse, the interior of roiro with kinji edges; unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in) wide.
The body with stylised water lacquered in gold chinkinbori, decorated with a red-lacquer ebi (lobster) carved in high relief, its tail continuing on the reverse, the interior of roiro with kinji edges; unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in) wide.
Footnotes
Provenance
Lt.Col. J. B. Gaskell Collection, no.214.
Consul Dr Ch. Hartmann Collection.
Sold at Sotheby's London, 1931.
Ivan Lepage Collection, no.385.