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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A FOUR-CASE INRO
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
With black lacquer ground; decoration in gold and polychrome togidashi-e embellished with gold lacquer; compartments and risers gold nashiji; rims gold lacquer
On one side Enma-O, the King of Hell, confronting a sinful samurai who has fallen before him en dshabill; on the reverse Raijin the thunder-god with his drum and drumsticks, above him clouds, thunder and lightning
3in. (9.4cm.) long
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
With black lacquer ground; decoration in gold and polychrome togidashi-e embellished with gold lacquer; compartments and risers gold nashiji; rims gold lacquer
On one side Enma-O, the King of Hell, confronting a sinful samurai who has fallen before him en dshabill; on the reverse Raijin the thunder-god with his drum and drumsticks, above him clouds, thunder and lightning
3in. (9.4cm.) long
Provenance
Dr. Joseph Kurstin Collection
Literature
Eskenazi Limited, Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer-ware (London, 1986), cat. no. 31.