JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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KOMA KORYU LINEAGE
A black lacquer five-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of oval profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold, silver,
colored hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and togidashi-e against a gold
hirame-dusted black lacquer ground, depicting Kantan no makura
(The Kantan Pillow): Rosei, a poor young man briefly asleep at an inn,
dreams of riding to the Chinese capital in a shining litter; Rosei’s fan
of translucent shell, a flowering tree above, grasses below, signed
Koma Koryu saku (Made by Koma Koryu); hardstone ojime
3 3/4in (9.8cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
Provenance
Shep Brozman Collection
Christie’s London May 11, 2011, lot 255
684
SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGE
A gold lacquer five-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of lenticular profile with integral cord-runners, decorated in sumi-e
togidashi maki-e on a kinji ground with two crows perched on the
branch of an old persimmon tree, the interior of nashiji, signed Shiomi
Masanari; fitted with a gold-lacquer ojime decorated with spiders
spinning webs in black takamaki-e
3 1/2in (8.9cm) high
$12,000 - 18,000
Provenance
Katchen Collection
Purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1971
Wrangham Collection, no.1080
Published
Louis Lawrence, Japanese Inro from the Brozman Collection,
London, Genlux Holdings Ltd., 1993, p.103
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