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A lacquered and inlaid three-case inro Ritsuo style, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century image 1
A lacquered and inlaid three-case inro Ritsuo style, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century image 2
Lot 31

A lacquered and inlaid three-case inro
Ritsuo style, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,500 - £4,500

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A lacquered and inlaid three-case inro

Ritsuo style, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
Decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with a pair of turtles on one side and two quail pecking for seeds beneath windswept stalks of millets on the other, the bead-shaped cord runners of silvered metal, the interior of plain wood; signed on the base with an inlaid green ceramic seal Kan. 8cm (3 1/8in) high.

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