A Japanese Gold and Dark Brown Lacquer Single-Case Inro
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
A Japanese Gold and Dark Brown Lacquer Single-Case Inro
19TH CENTURY
the horizontal rectangular inro decorated in gold, silver, red and brown lacquer depicting shishi lions beside plants, against a dark brown ground, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; together with a carved hardstone ojime and a carved bone gourd-form netsuke.
Height 2 in., 5.1 cm.
Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.
