Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022
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Strauss & Co Cape Town is currently in the process of relocating to our new permanent office at Brickfield Canvas, Woodstock, Cape Town.
Lots will be in transit between spaces, should you wish to collect, bookings are essential at least 1 working day before you intend to collect.
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Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 863
About this Item
A rare Japanese bark inro, 18th/19th century
rectangular with rounded corners, with conforming loose cover, with nut ojime and irregular-shaped cork netsuke, minor chip to the cover, 9cm high; a Japanese black lacquer and gilt inro, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the front decorated with a minogame with a fan, basket and fishing rod observed by a crane, the reverse with a basket, musical instrument, scroll and staff, the interior with nashiji ground, hairline crack, 11,5cm high; and a Japanese gilt lacquer box and cover, Meiji period, 1868-1912, rectangular with rounded corners, the cover embellished with sprays of kaneshon against a gilt ground, the interior with nashiji ground, minor chip to the interior of the cover, 9cm long
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Provenance
The Property of an Oriental Collector.
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