Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

169 170 171 172 170 A Japanese black lacquer four-case inro, 19th century the roiro ground decorated in gold, kirikane and togidashi maki-e with a rocky outcrop before foliage and sprays of flowerheads, the interior of nashiji , unsigned , with a jade thumb-ring, minor chips, 7,2cm high ; and a Japanese gold lacquer four-case inro, decorated in gold, kirikane and togidashi maki-e depicting Fujin chasing Raijin , the interior of nashiji , signed , with an ivory netsuke depicting Fujin and a carved ivory ojime , minor chips, 7,8cm high (2) R12 000 - 15 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 171 A Japanese black and gold lacquer four-case inro, 19th century the roiro ground decorated in gold, kirikane and togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of dwellings on stilts above a river amongst plum, pine and lotus trees against a hillside with a fishing boat with figures in the foreground, the interior of nashiji , unsigned , with an ivory and metal manju- netsuke moulded with a wheel engulfed by lotus leaves and a green glass ojime in the form of a gourd, losses, 8cm high ; and a Japanese black and gold lacquer four-case inro, the roiro ground decorated in gold, kirikane and togidashi maki-e depicting a continous scene with dwellings on stilts before clouds, mountains and plum trees, the interior of nashiji , unsigned , with an ivory netsuke of hotei holding his sack of good fortune and a coral bead ojime , the netsuke signed, 6,2cm high (2) R8 000 - 10 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 172 A Japanese bronze articulated model of a lobster, Meiji period, 1886-1912 naturalistically rendered, constructed of bronze sheets hammered and carved to resemble the animal’s shell and assembled with fully articulated joints, limbs, antennae, feelers, legs, tail and body, reddish brown patina, signed, 32,5cm long including fully extended antennae R12 000 - 15 000 53