Estimate

800 - 1.200

Session

8 May 2026

Description

Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century

Of oval section

Carved in polychrome lacquer (chōshitsu) in the Kamakura-bori style, in tones of red, green, brown and ochre

With distinct designs on each face, of strong Chinese inspiration

One face depicting a riverside townscape with bridges, various buildings, a fortification in the background, boats and figures

The reverse with a sparse mountainous landscape, a river, two isolated pavilions, trees (including pines and a willow) and a solitary boat

Top, base and side runners of the himotoshi carved with a geometric tortoise-shell pattern (kikkō)

Interiors of plain black lacquer

With a dark metal ojime moulded in the form of a Buddhist vajra (kongōsho)

Accompanied by a katabori netsuke en suite, in carved lacquer, depicting Daruma

(wear to the lacquer on the netsuke and on the edges of the inrō, exposing the dark underlayer)



日本江户时代，十八/十九世纪，镰仓雕风格四段堆朱漆印笼，椭圆形截面。两面分别雕刻中国风格山水及城郭river景，顶部、底部及绪通侧缘饰龟甲纹。配深色金属金刚杵形绪缔，及成套堆朱雕漆达摩根付。

11x8x3,7 cm

Height: 6 cm (nestuke)

Additional Information

Provenance:

Acquired by the current owner's grandfather in France, between 1950 and 1970.