Live Auction 21618Japanese and Korean Art
A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
Lot 41 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Closed21 March 2023

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A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Carved in red lacquer (tsuishu), the roundels on both sides decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a large ship and compass of the twelve zodiac animals, the ojime and netsuke with foreigners scenes decorated in enamel
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) high

Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1951, by repute
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent