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Pottery / wood kinchalu. Mid 19thC.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Pottery / wood kinchalu. Mid 19thC.
A fine and rare wood inro in the form of a kinchaku. Mid 19th century. Made in two halves with four sliding compartments within, the exterior decorated with aquatic subjects including a red lacquer crab, a horn and pottery squid, a sole and colored pottery fish, all among raised gold lacquer water-weeds, signed on an inlaid seal, Teiji, a student of Ritsuo. 3 1/2"h x 3"w x 1 1/2"d. The Helen & Jack Mang Collection Sotheby & Co. London Ex V. E. Blad collection