KŌGETSU
A Four-Case Inro
Lot #660 |
2025-03-20 |
Bonhams, New York
Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art
Category:
Inro
Estimate:
USD 1,000 - 1,500 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Bonhams
Auction number: 30801
Auction name: Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-03-20
End date: 2025-03-21
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Department: Other
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Dimensions: 3 3/8in (8.6cm) high
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
8.6
Height In Inches:
3.38
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Provenance
Property from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
Catalog summary
Property from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection KŌGETSU (ACTIVE 19TH/20Th CENTURY) A Four-Case Inrō Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Of rounded rectangular plan with applied himotōshi and curved profile, decorated in gold, black, and red hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and rich shell inlay with on one side an arrangement of peonies, chrysanthemums, and other flowers in a basket suspended from a floor stand and on the other side a ewer on a tray, flower-arranging scissors, plum blossom, and butterflies, the interiors and risers gold nashiji , the shoulders and rims gold fundame , the base with a groove for the himotōshi , signed on the base with gold hiramaki-e characters Kōgetsu saku ; with a carved ivory ojime and an openwork ivory netsuke carved with tea utensils, and a silk cord 3 3/8in (8.6cm) high