Lot 470
A Japanese Gold Lacquer Three-Case Inro
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$5,625
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Lot Description
A Japanese Gold Lacquer Three-Case Inro
BY KOMA KORYU, 19TH CENTURY
銘「古滿巨柳作 (花押）」
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e, togidashi-e, kirigane and inlaid in mother-of-pearl depicitng a shishi lion catching a dragonfly on one side, a roaring tiger on the reverse, set on a mura-nashiji ground
signed Korma Koryu saku on the underside, together with a carved wood shishi-form netsuke.
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e, togidashi-e, kirigane and inlaid in mother-of-pearl depicitng a shishi lion catching a dragonfly on one side, a roaring tiger on the reverse, set on a mura-nashiji ground
signed Korma Koryu saku on the underside, together with a carved wood shishi-form netsuke.
Length 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
Alice Motley Woodbury (1859-1933)
Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969), by descent.
Accessioned by the Strong in 1975.
Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969), by descent.
Accessioned by the Strong in 1975.
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