Live Auction 2688Japanese and Korean Art
A four-case lacquer inro
Lot 586

A four-case lacquer inro

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU SAKU

Closed20 March 2013

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A four-case lacquer inro
Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed Koma Koryu saku
Decorated in varicolored gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane with herons and a waterwheel, the water reeds togidashi, all against a roiro and sparse nashiji ground
3½in. (8.9cm.) long

Carl A. Kroch

Specialist note

Previously sold in our Park Avenue Rooms, Magnificent Inro from the Collection of Carl A. Kroch, 4 December, 1986, lot 124