A rare inro collectors' lacquer cabinet, 19th century
Estimate $6,000 – $8,000
of rectangular form, the drop front revealing five drawers of varying size, mounted with silver, the broad tsugaru-nuri ground decorated on all sides with four inro, together with netsuke and ojime in various techniques, and with inlay of ivory, metal and soapstone
27.2 cm high, 21.7 cm wide, 15.3 cm deep
- Lot Sold $6,500 (Hammer Price)
- $7,930 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 May 1990, lot 109
Private Collection, Queensland
Condition Report
Numerous small areas of the brown lacquer flaked off, particularly on the front panel and on the right side, the back with a vertical crack, and the inro bearing old cracks.
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