Simona Oprea
Head of Oriental Art, Traditional Art & Carpets Evaluation Office; Chinese Language Certificate HSK 4
67. Lot consisting of lacquer inro, decorated in maki-e technique, with a spring landscape under the starry sky, ojime, netsuke made from exotic wood, depicting two platypuses sipping from a cup, Meiji period, Japan, end of the 19th century.
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67. Lot consisting of lacquer inro, decorated in maki-e technique, with a spring landscape under the starry sky, ojime, netsuke made from exotic wood, depicting two platypuses sipping from a cup, Meiji period, Japan, end of the 19th century.
Starting price:
EUR 200
Not sold
lacquer, brass foil, silk thread; possible amber; exotic wood essence, 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Since traditional Japanese attire did not have pockets, items were often transported by hanging them from the obi in containers known as sagemono (a hanging object attached to a sash). Most sagemono were created for specific content, such as tobacco, pipes, writing brush and ink, but the most used were the inro, for transporting small things and were created in the Sengoku period (1467–1615).
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