Kajikawa Lineage
A fine five-case lacquer inro
Estimate: 3.500 - 4.500 USD
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Property of Various owners
Kajikawa lineage (19th century)
A fine five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each case with slightly recessed joints and bearing a different ground including kinji, nashiji, togidashi maki-e, and Gyobu-nashiji, the obverse decorated with a treasure ship laden with the accouterments of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the sail decorated with the character kotobuki (longevity), a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoise) swimming alongside the ship, the reverse with a miniature pine and mandarin tree on a stand with cranes and minogame, all in iro-e takazogan and applied gold foil, the interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku and with a red pot seal
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
Michael Tomkinson Collection | Leonard Haber Collection
Kajikawa lineage (19th century)
A fine five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each case with slightly recessed joints and bearing a different ground including kinji, nashiji, togidashi maki-e, and Gyobu-nashiji, the obverse decorated with a treasure ship laden with the accouterments of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the sail decorated with the character kotobuki (longevity), a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoise) swimming alongside the ship, the reverse with a miniature pine and mandarin tree on a stand with cranes and minogame, all in iro-e takazogan and applied gold foil, the interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku and with a red pot seal
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
Michael Tomkinson Collection | Leonard Haber Collection
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