A three-case inro. Around 1800 - image-1

Lot 554 Dα

A three-case inro. Around 1800

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Armour, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono incl. The Papp Collection II
Estimate: 1.600 € - 1.800 €
Result: 3.875 € (incl. premium)

A three-case inro. Around 1800

With separate cord runners. White and red peonies in finely graduated, coloured painted, with a poem by Rihaku in inlays of white mother-of-pearl to the reverse. Red lacquer to the inside. Ojime of red lacquer.
Height 7.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Maurice Champoud (1898 - 1981)
Klefisch, Cologne 25.9.2010, lot 321
Private collection, Rhineland, acquired at the above auction

Literature

Wrangham mentions in his index on p. 230 only the surname 'Seki'