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Auction archive: Lot number 339

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SINGLE-CASE INRO

Asian Art II
18 Nov 2015
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,038 - US$4,558
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,038
Auction archive: Lot number 339

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SINGLE-CASE INRO

Asian Art II
18 Nov 2015
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,038 - US$4,558
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,038
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SINGLE-CASE INRO 18TH CENTURY The heart-shaped body decorated with pomegranates and leaves in red and green on a gold lacquer background, a central square panel with a kirin and scrolling clouds in aogai (abalone shell) inlays, the reverse with a ho-ho bird, together with a lacquer ojime, unsigned, 7.8cm. Provenance: formerly in an English private collection. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd. Cf. V Atchley & N Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, IN9 p.196, for a single-case inro with similar aogai decoration. According to the authors, this type of inro was probably produced in the Ryukyu Islands by Chinese craftsmen for the Japanese market.

Auction archive: Lot number 339
Auction:
Datum:
18 Nov 2015
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SINGLE-CASE INRO 18TH CENTURY The heart-shaped body decorated with pomegranates and leaves in red and green on a gold lacquer background, a central square panel with a kirin and scrolling clouds in aogai (abalone shell) inlays, the reverse with a ho-ho bird, together with a lacquer ojime, unsigned, 7.8cm. Provenance: formerly in an English private collection. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd. Cf. V Atchley & N Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, IN9 p.196, for a single-case inro with similar aogai decoration. According to the authors, this type of inro was probably produced in the Ryukyu Islands by Chinese craftsmen for the Japanese market.

Auction archive: Lot number 339
Auction:
Datum:
18 Nov 2015
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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