AN INLAID GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO, MEIJI PERIOD
AN INLAID GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO, MEIJI PERIODEstimate $7,000 – $9,000
- Lot Sold $7,000 (Hammer Price)
- $8,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
of lobed form, finely decorated with a figure scene on either side, one depicting a boy fighting a Tengu, the reverse with a maiden seated by a pine tree watching a rabbit and monkey swinging from a branch, the decoration in soft metals, gold and coloured hardstones; signed Katsuhiro (Hagiya), with wood netsuke carved as a skeleton and old man wrestling; signed Shunsai, and carved ivory ojime, signed
9.2CM HIGH