EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE INAGAWA SAKU AND WITH RED JAR SEAL

Details

A Four-Case Inro**
Edo period (19th century), with signature Inagawa saku and with red jar seal
The slender inro designed in gold, silver and red takamaki-e on a kinji ground with a pair of deer beneath a branch of red maple, the reverse with a continuation of the maple tree and a spray of chrysanthemums and grasses, the interiors nashiji with fundame edges; fitted with a coral bead ojime and an ivory netsuke of a reclining stag, with signature Tomotada
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long

Provenance

Carl A. Kroch
Edmund J. Lewis

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. 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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Joe Earle and Edmund J. Lewis, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art in the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis (Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996), pl. 60.

Sold in these Rooms, 4 December, 1986, lot 117.

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