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A four-case black lacquer ground inro
decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with an uchiwa fan, itself decorated with a branch of cherry -blossom in a lacquer and white pigment, and a spray of bamboo; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer -- 2.7/8in. (7.3cms) high, signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Koma Koryu, late 18th/19th Century; gourd-shaped gilt metal ojime with stylised chrysanthemum floral designs, 19th Century; hako-netsuke (boxed shaped netsuke) of seido-nuri lacquer fitted with a polished bamboo plaque, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and foil with three tomo-e mon (comma-pattern crests), signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Taishin, late 19th/early 20th Century.
See Colour Plate 1.
The first Koma Koryu is thought to have died during the 1780's but was followed by one or more imitators and successors; Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903) was the most famous pupil of Shibata Zeshin (1807-91) and was especially skilful at seido-nuri, a dark green lacquer ground imitating bamboo. See E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, 1995), pp. 145, 280-1.
decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e and togidashi-e with an uchiwa fan, itself decorated with a branch of cherry -blossom in a lacquer and white pigment, and a spray of bamboo; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer -- 2.7/8in. (7.3cms) high, signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Koma Koryu, late 18th/19th Century; gourd-shaped gilt metal ojime with stylised chrysanthemum floral designs, 19th Century; hako-netsuke (boxed shaped netsuke) of seido-nuri lacquer fitted with a polished bamboo plaque, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and foil with three tomo-e mon (comma-pattern crests), signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Taishin, late 19th/early 20th Century.
See Colour Plate 1.
The first Koma Koryu is thought to have died during the 1780's but was followed by one or more imitators and successors; Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903) was the most famous pupil of Shibata Zeshin (1807-91) and was especially skilful at seido-nuri, a dark green lacquer ground imitating bamboo. See E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, 1995), pp. 145, 280-1.
Exhibited
Exhibited and published: Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1915), no. 13, plate LXXXV.
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