Live Auction 21618Japanese and Korean Art
A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO
Lot 43 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KANSHOSAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (IIZUKA TOYO I; 1725?-1790)

Closed21 March 2023

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A TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KANSHOSAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (IIZUKA TOYO I; 1725?-1790)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer togidashi with people making noshi-mochi (flattened rice cake) for New Year's Day, signature on base
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Sotheby's, London, 4 August 1948
Private English collection, assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather