Lot Essay
According to a previous 19th century sale entry, this inro was made for Shogun Tokugawa and presented by him to Toda, a daimyo of Mino province.
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SIGNED KOMA YASUTADA SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Three-Case Inro
Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e, iroe-togidashi-e and nashiji on a black roiro-nuri ground with an egret beside irises and a stream, red lacquer interiors, fundame rims
7.6cm. high
Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e, iroe-togidashi-e and nashiji on a black roiro-nuri ground with an egret beside irises and a stream, red lacquer interiors, fundame rims
7.6cm. high
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection No. 708
Literature
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898), pl. XLIII, No. 1
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