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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 10, 2016 | Bonhams | London | FINE JAPANESE ART | 189 | $****** - ****** | A gold-lacquer inro-dansu (storage cabinet for inro) |
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30 x 34 x 20.3 cm (11.81 x 13.39 x 7.99 in)
Of conventional form, the exterior decorated all over in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane with landscape scenes inscribed in ink with the names of the 53 stations of the Tokaido in gold-lacquer rectangular reserve, the interior of the detachable drop-front door similarly embellished with the Sakon-no-sakura cherry tree and the Ukon-no-tachibana mandarin-orange tree in front of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, branches of willow overhanging part of a bridge in the foreground and revealing six similarly sized drawers, each lacquered in coloured hiramaki-e with a different geometric pattern including shippo-tsunagi (linked cash), formalised waves, simulated basket weave, fragmented rinzu (textile weave) and hanabishi (flowers within lozenge shapes), each drawer applied with a silvered-metal knop in the form of chrysanthemum blossoms with silver ring handles, the inside of each drawer lined in blue velvet and fitted with four compartments for the inro; the top applied with a silver ring handle and also applied with silver engraved mounts to the front, unsigned, with a red-lacquered box titled Tokaido gojusantsugi maki-e otansu (Maki-e cabinet with the design of 53 stations of the Tokaido) and outer wood storage box. (3).
