Inro. 19th century.

Signed: Koma Koryu saku and kao in red lacquer
6-piece pain…

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Inro. 19th century. Signed: Koma Koryu saku and kao in red lacquer 6-piece painting on a black lacquer ground with graduated, very fine nashiji in iroe-togidashi, a walker in silhouette under a full moon on a bank fixed with pegs, a woman with a cricket cage, a child with a red lantern on a long pole, three bats in the sky and clouds passing by the moon. Inside nashiji and fundame. Inro-shaped metal ojime with gold and silver decorations. H 9.7 cm; W 5 cm Provenance Collection Marius Taudin Chabot (1884-1966) and Maria Veder (1889-1979), Rotterdam, gray hangtag with no. 54

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Inro. 19th century. Signed: Koma Koryu saku and kao in red lacquer 6-piece painting on a black lacquer ground with graduated, very fine nashiji in iroe-togidashi, a walker in silhouette under a full moon on a bank fixed with pegs, a woman with a cricket cage, a child with a red lantern on a long pole, three bats in the sky and clouds passing by the moon. Inside nashiji and fundame. Inro-shaped metal ojime with gold and silver decorations. H 9.7 cm; W 5 cm Provenance Collection Marius Taudin Chabot (1884-1966) and Maria Veder (1889-1979), Rotterdam, gray hangtag with no. 54

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Estim. 1 200 - 2 400 EUR

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Estim. 2 000 - 4 000 EUR

KAJIKAWA: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH HAWKS AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS KAJIKAWA: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH HAWKS AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川 saku 作 with seal Ei 榮 Japan, 19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of upright rectangular shape and oval section, bearing a fine gold kinji ground, beautifully polished and lustrous, lacquered in gold takamaki-e with some gold leaf inlay depicting to one side a hawk perched on the branch of a blossoming sakura (cherry) tree, the tree embellished with kirigane, the eyes of the hawk double inlaid, the verso similarly decorated with a second hawk in mid-flight. The interior cases of nashiji with gold fundame rims. Signed underneath in gold lacquer KAJIKAWA saku [made by Kajikawa] and with the red tsubo (pot) seal Ei. With a ceramic ojime with gilt floral décor. HEIGHT 8.7 cm, LENGTH 5.3 cm Condition: Very good condition with only minor wear. Some light surface scratches and rubbing to lacquer. Provenance: From the collection of Arend Louis Serné. An old collector’s label to the interior, ‘G 188.’ Arend Louis Serné (1925-2021) was the fourth-generation owner of the firm A. Serné & Son, Costumiers, located on the Groenburgwal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 1866. An avid piano player, he was also fond of modern literature, and a passionate collector of inro. He started his inro collection in the late 1970s. At that time, he entered the gallery Aalderink Oriental Art along the Spiegelgracht in Amsterdam and was immediately captivated by the beauty of inro. He began his collection with three simple specimens but hoped to own more. He remarked, “Oh that's nothing, a decent collection must be about a hundred pieces!” And collect he did. Arend was not concerned with the signature or the rarity, but with the intrinsic poetic beauty embodied in this very Japanese art form.

Estim. 600 - 1 200 EUR

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Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 EUR

KAJIKAWA AND TEISHO: A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH ARIWARA NO NARIHIRA KAJIKAWA AND TEISHO: A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH ARIWARA NO NARIHIRA By a member of the Kajikawa family (lacquerwork) and by Teisho (inlays), signed Kajikawa saku and Teisho Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A richly lacquered four-case inro inlaid with stained bone and mother-of-pearl showing the poet and courtier Ariwara no Narihira, richly dressed in courtly garments and seated in a boat, surrounded by a landscape with mountains, a lake, pine trees and flying birds. The lacquer technique used is takamaki-e with much gold as well as gold kirikane; the moon and its reflection on the water with silver, which has turned black with age. Gold nashiji on the interior of the cases. Signed KAJIKAWA saku [made by Kajikawa] in gold on the underside and signed TEISHO on a mother-of-pearl tablet. HEIGHT 8.7 CM Condition: Overall in good condition, with minor expected wear to the lacquer, particularly around the edges.

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