THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Wild Boar Inro

Kajikawa five case inro.

L18

A five case inro decorated in very rich gold and silver hiramakie with a wild boar asleep among pine saplings and flowering shrubs.

Signed: Kajikawa (with red seal).
Provenance: Christie's
Published: Item 295 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Dimensions: 9cm long x 5cm wide.

Ojime: Metal decorated with foliage and details in gilt.

Netsuke: A stag-antler netsuke depicting a frog on a large mushroom.   (NL18)
Japan, 19th century
Signed: Ren (Ishikawa Rensai), Asakusa