Auction 159 Asian Art

151

Two four-case gold lacquer inro


Estimate

400 - 600


Session

8 May 2026


Description

Japan, Edo Period, 17th/18th century

Of black lacquer decorated in gold maki-e

One example with a riverscape (sansui) depicting pavilions amidst pine trees and figures by the shore

The other with a martial composition including quivers with arrows, a war fan (gunsen) and a screen decorated with a mitsudomoe kamon

With mother-of-pearl inlay (raden)

The interiors and bases in gold nashiji lacquer

(Losses and chips to the lacquer, pronounced wear and losses to the inlays)



日本江户时代(十七/十八世纪)黑漆描金山水及武具纹四段印笼一对,饰螺钿,内壁及底部施金梨地。

7x5,2 cm


Additional Information

Provenance:

Collection of Arthur Kay F.S.A., with labels numbered 1283 and 0392



Closed Auction