Lot 48
Lot 48
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

A group of four lacquer inro and a tonkotsu (tobacco container)

Price Realised USD 3,500
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USD 3,000 - USD 4,000
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

A group of four lacquer inro and a tonkotsu (tobacco container)

Price Realised USD 3,500
Price Realised USD 3,500
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A group of four lacquer inro and a tonkotsu (tobacco container)
Edo period (19th century)
A group of three lacquer inro and a tonkotsu comprising: a four-case inro decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e and togidashi with a long-tail bird perched on a rock, signed Hisahide and sealed Tokei, with a lacquered wood netsuke of a shishi head and plastic ojime; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver togidashi with sparrows, signed Hisahide and sealed Tokei, with a metal ojime; a four-case inro decorated in gold, silver and red lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and togidashi with a ducks, signed and sealed Shigenaga; a tobacco container decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with hen and rooster, signed Kajikawa saku with a red jar seal, with a lacquered wood netsuke and stone ojime
The first 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long; the second 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long; the third 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long; the forth 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
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