A black lacquer four-case inro. The inro by Kajikawa Bunryusai, with a wood netsuke by Arima Tomonobu, both 19th century
A black lacquer four-case inro. The inro by Kajikawa Bunryusai, with a wood netsuke by Arima Tomonobu, both 19th century. Photo Bonhams.
The roiro ground decorated in gold, kirikane, togidashi maki-e and iro-e takamaki-e with the Bodhisattva Jizo holding a shakujo (Buddhist staff) and wearing a large lotus leaf on his head fording the Sanzukawa (River of Three Crossings), accompanied by Emma-O, God of Hell, holding a bamboo rod, a willow tree on the shore, the trailing branches of willow continuing on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Kajikawa Bunryusai saku, 8.3cm (3¼in) high; with wood netsuke of closely cluttered nasu (aubergine) forming a circular compact composition, signed in a rectangular reserve Tomonobu, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) diam. Estimate £5,000 - 6,000 (€6,100 - 7,400)
Bonhams. FINE JAPANESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014 -http://www.bonhams.com/