JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) - Lot 174

JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) Set of three inro : - Four rogin lacquer boxes decorated in taka maki-e with gold lacquer, aogai and kirigane inlays of a boat in reeds. Interior in nashiji lacquer. Signed Jokasai (minor knocks, chips and missing parts). Inro height: 7.6 cm Ojime in mokume lacquer. Provenance: Tessier-Sarrou, September 23, 2020, no. 359. - Three black lacquer squares with taka maki-e decoration in gold, red and brown lacquer of Shoki chasing an oni fleeing on a wild boar. Black lacquer interior. (Chips). Height: 7.3 cm Provenance: Pescheteau-Badin, June 7, 2021, no. 32. - Four-frame brown lacquerware with taka maki-e decoration in gold lacquer and aogai inlays of a samurai pursued by a horseman crossing a river. Signed Sohaku saku and kao (missing, worn, banged). Height: 7.7 cm Provenance: Beaussant Lefèvre, July 7, 2020, n°169.