A four-case lacquer inro
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SEALED RYOUN (UNNO MORITOSHI; 1837-1896)
Price realised USD 47,500
Estimate
USD 30,000 – USD 40,000
Closed: 14 Sep 2011

A four-case lacquer inro
Meiji period (late 19th century), sealed Ryoun (Unno Moritoshi; 1837-1896)
Decorated in high relief, mixed-metal inlay, including gold, silver, shibuichi, copper and shakudo, with two scenes of festival dancers and musicians, all against a kinji ground and rimmed in hirame, the interior nashiji; with gold-lacquered, gourd-form netsuke decorated in maki-e with stylized chrysanthemum roundels with kirikane and mother-of-pearl inlay, also with silver ojime cast with flowers, signed Kazuhide
4in. (10.2cm.) long