Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 167

A Single-case Lacquer Inro

Auction 22.03.2001
22 Mar 2001
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$8,812
Auction archive: Lot number 167

A Single-case Lacquer Inro

Auction 22.03.2001
22 Mar 2001
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$8,812
Beschreibung:

A Single-case Lacquer Inro Edo Period (19th Century), with signature Yoyusai saku Rectangular, designed on one side in gold, red and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e , inlaid aogai , kimpun and gold foil on a kimpun -dusted ground with two men in Portuguese dress walking with a nun, one figure carrying a miniature rock in a basin and one walking a dog, rendered in silver lacquer, the inro designed on the opposite side with a Japanese clock, the twelve animals of the Zodiac in gold, brown and silver lacquer surrounding an inlaid dial of metal encased in glass, the names of the hours (dog, monkey, etc.) and the corresponding hour number gilt, the clock hand also metal, the interior case nashiji 35/8in. (9.2cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 167
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A Single-case Lacquer Inro Edo Period (19th Century), with signature Yoyusai saku Rectangular, designed on one side in gold, red and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e , inlaid aogai , kimpun and gold foil on a kimpun -dusted ground with two men in Portuguese dress walking with a nun, one figure carrying a miniature rock in a basin and one walking a dog, rendered in silver lacquer, the inro designed on the opposite side with a Japanese clock, the twelve animals of the Zodiac in gold, brown and silver lacquer surrounding an inlaid dial of metal encased in glass, the names of the hours (dog, monkey, etc.) and the corresponding hour number gilt, the clock hand also metal, the interior case nashiji 35/8in. (9.2cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 167
Auction:
Datum:
22 Mar 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert