Live Auction 21618Japanese and Korean Art
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Lot 54 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAKOSAI (SHIRAI KAKOSAI)

Closed21 March 2023

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAKOSAI (SHIRAI KAKOSAI)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e with various noh masks, set on a okibirame ground, signature on base
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Glendening and Co., Auction, 2 July 1952
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent