Lot Essay
This subject represents an earlier stage in the allegorical progress to Buddhist enlightenment also seen in lot no. 39.
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SIGNED MASANARI (EDO), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A SMALL TWO-CASE INRO
Signed Masanari (Edo), Edo Period (19th Century)
With gold lacquer ground; decoration in polychrome togidashi-e; compartments and risers coarse nashiji; rims gold lacquer; signed in red lacquer in seal form on the side Shiomi Masanari; gold lacquered ojime
A herdboy hauling on the halter of an ox which tries to free itself from him; the ox's forequarters on the reverse of the inro
2.3/8in. (6cm.) long
Signed Masanari (Edo), Edo Period (19th Century)
With gold lacquer ground; decoration in polychrome togidashi-e; compartments and risers coarse nashiji; rims gold lacquer; signed in red lacquer in seal form on the side Shiomi Masanari; gold lacquered ojime
A herdboy hauling on the halter of an ox which tries to free itself from him; the ox's forequarters on the reverse of the inro
2.3/8in. (6cm.) long
Provenance
Segal Collection