Lot 69
Lot 69
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THE SOAME JENYNS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ART
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO IMITATING A DUTCH TOBACCO POUCH

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 3,250
Estimate
GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO IMITATING A DUTCH TOBACCO POUCH

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 3,250
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Price Realised GBP 3,250
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Decorated in gold, red and green hiramaki-e imitating Dutch leather decorated with karashishi lions and flower-heads surrounded by a leaf pattern, with mother-of-pearl inlays imitating clasps on a brown lacquer flap, the sides inlaid with aogai, nashiji interiors and risers, gold rims
2¾ in. (6.2 cm.) high


Provenance
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
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