A very rare mitsuda-e four-case inrō. 18/19th century

A very rare mitsuda-e four-case inrō. 18/19th century Of standard shape covered with white mitsuda-e imitating ivory, decorated in gold hiramaki-e at the centre with lobed panels with a phoenix set against a lattice ground filled with tsuishu peonies and stylised flowers, the top and bottom decorated with scrolls on ginji. Red lacquer and fundame to the inside, the risers with scrolls and leaf shapes in silver togidashi. Slight rubbing to the cord runners. Inside the lid the paper label of the Greenfield Collection with the handwritten no. ‘87’ in red as well as a piece of paper in pencil handwriting: Ex Behrens Colln no. 436. (2nd sale, lot 27) very rare type W.W.W. 1947 and a piece of paper typed: Four cases. Extremely rare mitsuda ground decorated in gold brocade design and tsuishu peonies. Red lining. With risers in silver togidashi. Behrens ‘436, illustrated. Height 9.2 cm; width 5.2 cm

Estimate:£5,013.60

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