An oval four-case inrô. Mid-19th century - image-1
An oval four-case inrô. Mid-19th century - image-2
An oval four-case inrô. Mid-19th century - image-3
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Lot 442 Dα

An oval four-case inrô. Mid-19th century

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €

An oval four-case inrô. Mid-19th century

Displaying a rooster on a drum entwined by ivy on one side and a picking hen and chicken on the other side, in gold takamakie, hiramakie, kirikane, brown, red, and black lacquer on a kinji ground. Signed Kajikawa. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Glass ojime and a walrus tusk netsuke of a man with a wooden board. Traces of use.
Height 8.7 cm; width 5.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Munich, acquired at Klefisch, Cologne, 25.5.1994, lot 151 (invoice available)