A mid 19th Century four cased inro the nashiji ground decorated with cranes to a riverbank beneath chrysanthemums in gold and red takamakie above rock in kiribame, length 7.5, ivory ojime bead engraved with a woman shouldering a spray of wisteria, signed Minikoku, ivory netsuke of a shishi clambering over a ball with a small loose ball in its mouth. BR no 077/22

A pair of 19th Century cloisonné vases of archaic hu form each decorated with a central chrysanthemum flower

Lot 41
Sold for £5,000 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200

A late 19th Century three case wooden (probably Keyaki) inro of trapezoid form the pale golden body with brown

Lot 52
Sold for £900 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200

A late 19th Century four case inro, the fundame gold ground decorated with innumerable Manchurian cranes in ra

Lot 53
Sold for £720 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200