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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro with Fans in a Stream
Lot 45 The Mike and Hiroko Dean Collection

A Four-Case Lacquer Inro with Fans in a Stream

Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (late 18th – early 19th century)

Closed8 December 2016

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GBP 5,000

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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro with Fans in a Stream
Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (late 18th – early 19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, heidatsu and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a kinfun-ji ground with three open fans in a stream, each fan depicting cranes and pine, sailing ships and the sun, and various mon amongst clematis and clouds, fundame interiors and risers
9 cm. long

Specialist note

The opened shape of the fan is known as suehirogari and associated with prosperity in Japan. With the variety of fan shapes and the different motifs that can be depicted, the design of scattered fans was very popular in Japan and used in various designs of lacquerware.