Auction: Sale #2183 - 2183Location: BostonDate / Time: January 25, 2003 10:00AM
Description:
Inro, 18th century, three-compartment type, black lacquer with gold maki-e of swallows and wisteria, signed Toja and with his kakihan, dyed ivory ojime, netsuke in the form of a water flute in lacquered wood, signed Kozan in gold.
Literature: Index of Inro Artists, E.A. Wranger, p. 292, p. 152 for the netsuke.
Estimate $1,200-1,400