JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) - Lot 70

JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) Set of two inro: - One with four compartments, decorated on a fundame background in taka maki-e with gold and brown lacquer and kirigane, and shibuichi inlay of a character running behind a rider, possibly Yoshitsune pursuing Benkei. The edges are adorned with paulownia flowers in shibuichi inlay (wear, missing kirigane, slight dents, minor accidents). Inro height: 7.1 cm Provenance : Ader, collection of Mme G.R., June 20, 2012, no. 48. - The other with two compartments in red lacquer decorated in hira maki-e in gold and black lacquer with a crane in flight and foliage (Chocs). Coral ojime (corallium rubrum). Height: 6.6 cm Provenance: Beaussant Lefèvre, Strycker collection, April 3, 2024, no. 366.