Lot 472
A Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Four-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
$5,313
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Lot Description
A Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro
BY IIZUKA TOYO (ACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY)
銘「桃葉 (飯塚桃葉), 花押」
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e on the roiro lacquer ground decorated in fine gold hirame, the interior of nashiji lacquer, signed Toyo with a kao on the underside; together with a lacquered ojime in the form of a cicada on a leaf, and a gold and silver lacquer bird-form netsuke, signed 東廣齋正茂, 花押, 行年七十一戈作之.
the vertical rectangular inro decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e on the roiro lacquer ground decorated in fine gold hirame, the interior of nashiji lacquer, signed Toyo with a kao on the underside; together with a lacquered ojime in the form of a cicada on a leaf, and a gold and silver lacquer bird-form netsuke, signed 東廣齋正茂, 花押, 行年七十一戈作之.
Length 3 1/4 in., 8.3 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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