JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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MASAYOSHI
A lacquer five-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
Of lenticular profile, with integral cord-runners, decorated in gold, silver,
and brown hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a dark brown-lacquer
ground sprinkled with hirame, depicting swallows and wisteria, the
interior fundame with patches of nashiji, signed Masayoshi saku; fitted
with a brass ojime formed as a jar
3 3/8in (8.6cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
Provenance
Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, August, 2010
690
KAJIKAWA LINEAGE
A gold lacquer four-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in
gold and colored takamaki-e against a gold hirame ground with a mass
of flying cranes covering the entire surface, the interior gold nashiji,
signed Kajikawa; onyx ojime
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
691
Provenance
Sagemonoya (Yabane Co., Ltd.), Tokyo, April 2010
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