Lot 326
TWO JAPANESE LACQUER INROS
ONE SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU AND SEALED EI, THE OTHER UNSIGNED, EDO-MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
江戶至明治 ‘梶川作’（壷印）款 金漆家禽紋五層印籠 及 山水圖四層印籠（共兩件）
one five-case inro decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e depicting chicks with hen on one side, the reverse a cockerel popping through a thick bunch of hay, the base signed ‘Kajikawa saku’, further painted with a red pot seal, Ei; together with one four-case inro decorated with landscape on both sides, unsigned (2)
Dimensions
lengths: 9.5cm and 8.5cm
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, West Lothian; inherited from the current owner’s grandparents
蘇格蘭私人收藏，西洛錫安；繼承自現任藏家之祖父母。
Footnote
Compare to a five-case lacquer inro, painted with a scene of a Japanese folklore kitsune no onabake, Edo period, similarly signed Kajikawa Saku and painted with a red pot, sold at Christie's New York, 21 Mar 2023, lot 49; Also see a black lacquer five-case inro, painted on one side with two bears, signed Kajikawa saku with a red pot seal Ei, made By a member of the Kajikawa family, 19th century, sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2014, lot 131.