A late 19th Century four case inro, the fundame gold ground decorated with innumerable Manchurian cranes in random flight each with a red head and black tail, length 8.7cm, ivory bead ojime inlaid with mother of pearl engraved with black chrysanthemums signed Kazumasa the ivory kakemono netsuke detailed with Daruma coming to life, length 5.5cm. S/D. See Bushell image 30 for similar subject. BR 077/17

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 mid 19th Century four cased inro the nashiji ground decorated with cranes to a riverbank beneath chrysanthem

Lot 48
Sold for £1,300 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