Live Auction
7 November 2025 at 1 PM CET
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We're pleased to present our final Fine Netsuke & Sagemono Auction of the year.
The sale opens with a distinguished group of fine inro, representing a wide range of materials, lacquer techniques, and artistic styles. Among these, a particular highlight—and one of the most significant works to appear in our rooms in recent years—is the complete inrō set by Ogawa Haritsu, illustrating The Twelve Months. First published in 1928 (F. M. Jonas – Netsuke), this exceptional set now appears on the market for the first time (lot 11).
The inrō are followed by an excellent selection of sagemono, including notable examples by the esteemed artist Hasegawa Ikko (lots 68–73). Learn more.
AUCTION OVERVIEW LOTS
Lot 2 - A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS, WITH EN-SUITE NETSUKE AND OJIME
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 3 - KAGETOSHI: A RARE FOUR-CASE MALACHITE-INLAID CARVED DARK WOOD INRO
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 4 - AN UNUSUAL THREE-CASE CARVED WOOD INRO WITH AN INLAID CHINESE POEM
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 5 - A RARE THREE-CASE RYUKYUAN TSUIKIN LACQUER INRO WITH A FINE KURUMI NETSUKE OF DARUMA
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - TOYO: AN AMUSING AND UNUSUAL FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING THIEVING MONKEYS
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 7 - † YOZEI: A FOUR-CASE TSUISHU-INLAID LACQUER INRO DEPICTING SHISHI AND PEONY
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 12 - ZESHIN: A LARGE FOUR-CASE LAQUER INRO WITH HORSES
Sold for €3,120
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A FINE ZESHIN-STYLE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH A PINE TREE AND THE FULL MOON
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - A SINGLE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH CROWS AND THE MOON
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 16 - A LARGE FOUR-CASE INLAID LACQUER INRO WITH DRAGONFLIES
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 17 - A RARE FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A BLOSSOMING PRUNUS TREE
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 18 - SHIOMI MASANARI: A SUPERB FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH A HERDSBOY AND OX
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 19 - SHIOMI MASANARI: A FINE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO WITH A HERDSBOY AND OX
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 20 - A MAGNIFICENT FOUR-CASE TOGIDASHI LACQUER INRO DEPICTING SPARROWS AMIDST FALLING SNOW
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - YOYUSAI: A FINE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING SPARROWS AND BAMBOO
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 23 - A SMALL FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING CHOKARO SENNIN
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 25 - TOGI: A FINE THREE-CASE LACQUERED KIRI (PAULOWNIA) WOOD INRO
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 26 - KOMA KORYU: A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH DOVES AT A SHINTO SHRINE
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - A SUPERB FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A BOAR RESTING AMONGST AUTUMN LEAVES AND FLOWERS
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 34 - † GYOKUZAN: A SUPERB METAL INLAID AND LACQUERED FIVE-CASE INRO WITH A KOTO PLAYER
Sold for €8,580
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - A SUPERB SHIBAYAMA INLAID GOLD LACQUER SAYA (SHEATH) INRO WITH JUROJIN AND CRANE
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 37 - TOYO: A FINE INLAID LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO REFERENCING THE TAKETORI MONOGATARI
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 38 - A RARE TWO-CASE GOLD LACQUER ‘CHAIRE AND SHIFUKU’ INRO
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 41 - A FOUR-CASE SHIBAYAMA-STYLE LACQUER INRO WITH BLOSSOMS AND BERRIES
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 42 - A FINE BUFFALO HORN-INLAID THREE-CASE INRO OF A DEER AT NIGHT IN KASUGA PARK, NARA
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 43 - A SUPERB ‘CICADA AND BAMBOO’ FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO SET WITH MATCHING NETSUKE AND OJIME
Sold for €3,900
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 45 - † HORAKU: A RARE LACQUER, METAL AND EBONY WOOD TONKOTSU
Sold for €6,435
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - MUTSUMINE SENSHI: A FINE GURI LACQUER SAGEMONO SET
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 49 - AN INSCRIBED WOOD BOKUTO (DOCTOR’S SWORD) OF A SHACHIHOKO (DRAGONFISH)
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 50 - A WOOD BOKUTO (DOCTOR’S SWORD) OF A SHACHIHOKO (DRAGONFISH)
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 51 - AN UNUSUAL AND LARGE FISH-SHAPED KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE)
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 52 - GYOKUSEKI: A RARE WOOD SINGLE-CASE INRO OF A TOAD
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 54 - Ɏ A FINE IVORY KISERUZUTSU WITH THE SEVEN LUCKY GODS (SHICHIFUKUJIN)
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 56 - KO: A FINE ANTLER AND UMIMATSU ‘BROCADE PATTERN’ KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE)
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 58 - KOKEI: A RARE AND LARGE WOOD KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE) DEPICTING DARUMA
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium