Inrō with four gold lacquer boxes, decorated with a lake landscape. Accompanied by a bronze ryusa manju.
Small boxes formed of compartments that fit one on top of the other, inrō (印 籠) are traditional Japanese clothing items. Since the kimono had no pockets, everyday objects were carried in small boxes (sagemono) hung on the belt (obi)...
Stunning Inro on a gold nashiji background decorated in aokin, takamaki-e, kirigane and takazogan inlaid with mixed metals of a man standing on the roof of a thatched cottage and a young boy carrying a fruit basket looking towards the man . A two-part antler manju beautifully matching the inro is intricately decorated with coral ojime signed Jiyosai. H 9,8 cm.
Inrô in gilded lacquer according to the takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane techniques, with five squares of a mountain lake landscape.
On the first side, there is a samurai on horseback, who is drinking from the stream. A servant accompanies him, his sword in hand. Next to the pine tree are the things they would have left behind...
Inro of exceptional dimensions with 3 boxes in black lacquered wood, decorated with chrysanthemum flowers with 32 petals in powdered lacquer on a background of geometric zigzags, details in Nashiji and nuances in silver powder. The chrysanthemum with 32 petals (2 rows of 16) was the Imperial symbol. This geometric decoration of zigzags is typical of the beginning of the 17th century during the short period of Momoyama...
Inrô with four compartments in fundame lacquer decorated with a pavilion near a river in a mountain landscape in hira maki-e, taka maki-e lacquer and kirigane.
The inside in nashi-ji gold lacquer.
INRO MANJU NON INCLUDED (SOLD)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Inrô : height 7,5 cm -3 in
A Japanese inro made in lacquer with great craftsmanship and decorated with the image of six monkeys.
The outer surface of the Inro is coated in gold lacquer which creates an elegant contrast with the metal monkeys. This Inro depicts a scene in the round, in which monkeys interact in an evocative natural environment...
Four-compartments inrô in black lacquer with a hirameiji background with peonies and butterflies in gilded maki-e. Rocky promontory in takamaki-e and kirigane. Interior in nashi-ji lacquer.
Boxwood netsuke in the shape of a toad on a leaf. Signe with the name of “Masanao from Yamada”.
Ojime made of hard stone.
Inrô are small compartmentalized boxes hanging from the belt that are part of sagemono (hanging objects)...
An antique Japanese lacquer Inro with images of persimmons on a gold flecked background. The Inro has five compartments, a boxwood netsuke carved in the shape of a persimmon and a metal ojime incised with floral and geometric designs. The inside compartments are covered with dense nashiji lacquer (fine gold flecks). Exceptional.
Date: early Meiji (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 3.75" X 2.5" wide
Tonkotsu (tobacco box) in tortoise shell crowned by a wooden lid, accompanied by its kiseruzutsu (pipe case) in wood engraved with crabs in a floral decor.
Japan – Meiji (1868 – 1912)
Box :
Height: 2 ¾ ” – 7 cm
Length: 4 ¾ ” – 12 cm
Depth: 2 1/3 ” -6 cm
Pipe case :
Height 8 1/3 ” – 21 cm
Pipe :
Height: 8 ½ ” - 22 cm
On a fundame lacquer ground. The decor is in hira and taka maki-e of gold lacquer with coral and malachite inlays of green and red celestial bamboo berries in their foliage announcing the arrival of autumn. The interior of the compartments is in nashiji lacquer. Signed: Kajikawa and Shibayama. The ojime is made of horn. Height: 7.8 cm.
The cord is pink and not blue.
DESCRIPTION: This outstanding and rare antique Japanese Tonkotsu, or tobacco box, has been crafted from boxwood in the form of the Three Wise Monkeys, with a beautifully carved Iwazaru, or “Speak no Evil” monkey, serving as the main tobacco container. Mizaru, or “See No Evil”, forms the ojime and Kikazaru, or “Hear No Evil”, forms the netsuke to complete the set. Each of these has been meticulously carved with inlaid eyes and finely delineated fur...
A Japanese lacquer inro depicting two fish swimming in their natural habitat.
The outer surface of the ring is covered in lacquer with brown nuances, which offers an elegant contrast with the mother-of-pearl. This inro depicts a mother-of-pearl sole on one side.
On the opposite side there is a black catfish, made of lacquer. The fish swim among the underwater plants, embellished with golden leaves and mother-of-pearl in relief.
The wooden netsuke depicts a sole...
Inro – A amusing and beautiful model of a black japanese urushi lacquer Inro, open by 4 cases and a lid, showing mice and a rat playing together on shells. Brown, black, gold and silver lacquers of maki-e. H : 5,7 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 18th century.
Bearing a roiro-nuri ground and decorated with an abandonned plough and oxen harness in inlaid-mother of pearl and gold takamaki-e, the reverse with a warber in the falling rain inlaid in gilt metal and gold togidashi maki-e, the cord runers lacquered kinji, the upper surface of the top case and the interior risers decorated with clouds, scattered cherry blossoms, and a crescent moon in gold togidashi maki-e, nashiji, and hirame.
Signed Kajikawa saku with a red jar seal, and Goto Mitsunori (K...
Japanese gold lacquer Inro with five compartments, decorated in low relief landscape scene of temple in the mountain surrounded by pines and connected by a small bridge over a river in gold lacquer. The reverse side shows mountains in the distance and a small seaside village. The inside compartments are covered with dense nashiji lacquer (fine gold flecks). The cord has a metal ojime.
Inro (seal basket) are small decorative containers that hang from the waist...
Refined lacquer inro with three compartments expertly decorated in gold with numerous bamboo plants.
This inro is enriched with dense nashiji lacquer dots and a detailed maki-è decoration that features an elegant pattern of bamboo plants in contrast to some stems and leaves of mother-of-pearl flakes inlaid on the surface...
The decoration is in hira maki-e of gold and silver lacquer and kirikane, nashiji on a fundame lacquer background of a landscape, a stream in the middle of pines and cherry trees. flowers. The interior of the compartments is in nashiji lacquer. It bears the signatures of Kajikawa and Shunsho. Some slight marks of use. The ojimé is made of champlevé enameled metal decorated with flowers. The netsuke represents a monkey climbing on a chestnut. Height: 8.7 cm.
A lacquer inro with applications of gilded and burnished metal flowers, depicting the blossoming of the cherry tree, on a nashiji background.
The decorative branches on the inro were created using the maki-è relief technique in lacquer...