Live Auction 21618Japanese and Korean Art
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Lot 45 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNDE KANSHOSAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)

Closed21 March 2023

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNDE KANSHOSAI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
Decorated in gold, black and silver lacquer takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e on black ground, with design of a tiger hiden among bamboo, eyes of the tiger inlaid with gold leaf and crystal
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)

Henry Joseph Pfungst Collection (1844-1917), London, by repute
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent