Lot 466
A Japanese Gold Lacquer Five-Case Inro
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$9,375
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Lot Description
A Japanese Gold Lacquer Five-Case Inro
BY SHIOMI MASANARI, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
銘「鹽見政誠」
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and togidashi-e showing a large mouse with a male figure seated on its back, grasping its tail, all set on a kinji ground, the interior of nashiji lacquer, signed Shiomi Masanari in red lacquer, together with an amber ojime and a carved wood mouse-form netsuke signed Masanao.
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and togidashi-e showing a large mouse with a male figure seated on its back, grasping its tail, all set on a kinji ground, the interior of nashiji lacquer, signed Shiomi Masanari in red lacquer, together with an amber ojime and a carved wood mouse-form netsuke signed Masanao.
Length 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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