Lot 220
TWO JAPANESE LACQUER INRO
MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 11 March 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£688
Description
明治 平莳繪及高莳繪印籠（一組兩件）
comprising: one five case inro decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e depicting houses amongst a river and forest landscape; one four case inro, depicting a cockerel upon a barrel, the reverse with a hen and three chicks on a gold lacquer ground, the interior decorated with hiramaki-e
Dimensions
8.5cm and 8.75cm long
Footnote
Provenance: Private Scottish collection.
Note: For a similar example to the cockerel inro, likely from the same maker, please see; Birmingham Museums, accession number 1885M3000.