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Lot 111

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO AND NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)

With main design of an Oni in the form of Fuijin (wind god) in takamaki-e on a panel of pewter coloured ground, the opposing side of an Oni having taken a human prisoner by a rope. The ensuite boxwood mask netsuke of an Oni, the Himotoshi (cord hole) carved as woven rope on the reverse side. With silver and shakudo ojime. Unsigned.
The inro 7.5cm high, 5.5cm wide. The netsuke 4.5cm high, 4cm wide

Estimate $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,500

The netsuke with some minor wear from use/handling. The inro with some very small pieces of lost gold, and some minor wear to the lacquer.


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Judy and Ian Burrows Collection, Hobart, Tasmania, and thence by descent. Collected 1960 to early 1980s.

Asian Works of Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8666
6:00pm - 8 August 2022
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 August, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT
Dominic Kavanagh
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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