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Auction archive: Lot number 92

A four-case inro signed in gold hiramakie on the base Kogyokusai, 19th Century

Auction 13.06.2002
13 Jun 2002
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,186 - US$1,780
Price realised:
£1,528
ca. US$2,266
Auction archive: Lot number 92

A four-case inro signed in gold hiramakie on the base Kogyokusai, 19th Century

Auction 13.06.2002
13 Jun 2002
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,186 - US$1,780
Price realised:
£1,528
ca. US$2,266
Beschreibung:

A four-case inro signed in gold hiramakie on the base Kogyokusai, 19th Century decorated in gold and silver iroe hiramakie, takamakie, kimpun and black lacquer on a kinji ground, with a monkey-tamer (sarumawashi) on one side, holding a chord attached to his tame monkey dancing in front of a Noh dancer, the details inlaid with ivory, the interiors in nashiji, metal ojime modelled as twin masks, wood netsuke carved as a monkey-tamer with monkey on his shoulder, the inro -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, (chips to upper chord holes, light wear). See Illustration .

Auction archive: Lot number 92
Auction:
Datum:
13 Jun 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A four-case inro signed in gold hiramakie on the base Kogyokusai, 19th Century decorated in gold and silver iroe hiramakie, takamakie, kimpun and black lacquer on a kinji ground, with a monkey-tamer (sarumawashi) on one side, holding a chord attached to his tame monkey dancing in front of a Noh dancer, the details inlaid with ivory, the interiors in nashiji, metal ojime modelled as twin masks, wood netsuke carved as a monkey-tamer with monkey on his shoulder, the inro -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, (chips to upper chord holes, light wear). See Illustration .

Auction archive: Lot number 92
Auction:
Datum:
13 Jun 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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