At the Bonhams auction has just ended,
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art.
The highlight of the auction were a few lacquer works great Shibata Dzesina, and the most expensive lot, here is lacquered inro
Lot No: 286
A roiro lacquer four-case inro
By Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Meiji Period
Decorated with a design which is continuous on both sides, lacquered in black and gold shishiaimakie showing a boat drifting above waves rendered in seigaiha-nuri, loaded with young pine and takaramono, the myriad treasures associated with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, the interior of rich nashiji, signed within an oval reserve Zeshin; with lacquer hako-netsuke similarly lacquered with waterweed floating above a combed wave pattern, signed with scratched signature Zeshin.
7cm (2 ¾ in).
Sold for £ 162,000 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
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