A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Carved in red lacquer (tsuishu), the roundels on both sides decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a large ship and compass of the twelve zodiac animals, the ojime and netsuke with foreigners scenes decorated in enamel
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1951, by repute
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent
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A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Carved in red lacquer (tsuishu), the roundels on both sides decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a large ship and compass of the twelve zodiac animals, the ojime and netsuke with foreigners scenes decorated in enamel
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1951, by repute
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent
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