Details
A RARE LARGE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), DATED SHOHO YON HINOTOI SHOSHUN (EARLY SPRING OF 1647), SIGNED KAJIKAWA KYUJIRO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
The large four-case inro decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and inlaid unstained and green-stained stag-antler with a dragon appearing among clouds set on a roiro ground with gold flecks, interior with nashiji ground, dated and signed on base; wood ojime carved as three-sided sake flask, signed Ippo
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) tall
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 1984
‌Edward Wrangham Collection
‌Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 248
Literature
E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Alnwick: Harehope Publications, 1995), p. 159.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Details
A RARE LARGE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), DATED SHOHO YON HINOTOI SHOSHUN (EARLY SPRING OF 1647), SIGNED KAJIKAWA KYUJIRO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
The large four-case inro decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and inlaid unstained and green-stained stag-antler with a dragon appearing among clouds set on a roiro ground with gold flecks, interior with nashiji ground, dated and signed on base; wood ojime carved as three-sided sake flask, signed Ippo
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) tall
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 1984
‌Edward Wrangham Collection
‌Bonhams London, 9 November 2010, lot 248
Literature
E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Alnwick: Harehope Publications, 1995), p. 159.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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