JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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KOGYOKUSAI
A gold lacquer four-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century
Of oval profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold takamaki-e,
shell and pewter inlay against a gold kinji ground, depicting a court
noble of the Heian period (794-1185) and an attendant resting
beside a carriage among tall pine trees, the interior of nashiji, signed
Kogyokusai; ojime glass
3 1/2in (8.9cm) high
$800 - 1,200
Provenance
Bonhams, London, November 16, 2013, lot 142
Edward Wrangham Collection, no.1198
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1972
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JUKAKUSAI HISATAKA
A gold lacquer four-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in
gold, aokin, and colored takamaki-e against a bright gold kinji ground,
one side with a cockerel perched on a kanko drum by a flowering
plum tree, the other side with a hen and three chicks under flowering
branches, signed Jukakusai Hisataka and Issai Hisataka with a kao
(cursive monogram); glass ojime; wood storage box
3 5/8in (8.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
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For the maker, see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists,
Harehope, Northumberland, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.76
Provenance
Bonhams, London, May 11, 2010, lot 250
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