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A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century image 1
A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century image 2
Lot 39*

A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke
By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century

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

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke

By Uemura Enshu (born 1955), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st century
Decorated in gold lacquer and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of four itinerant entertainers beneath cherry blossoms, three dancing and one playing the shamisen, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu; with a gold-lacquer manju netsuke embellished with a spiral design, unsigned. The inro: 7.2cm (2 5/8in) high; the manju netsuke: 2.7cm (1in) diameter.

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