A round three-case inrô. Late 18th/early 19th century - image-1

Lot 135 Dα

A round three-case inrô. Late 18th/early 19th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A round three-case inrô. Late 18th/early 19th century

Displaying a rooster and a hen on one side and a korogi and a suzumushi amidst grasses on the other side, in takamaki-e, kirikane, hirame, and gold foil, all on a red lacquer ground, the eye of the rooster of glass, red lacquer and fundame to the inside. Gold foil covering one of the tail feathers damaged.
Diameter 6.9 cm

Provenance

Klefisch, Cologne, 25./26.11.1977, lot 1024
Private collection, Southern Germany