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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
Two Four-Case Inro
Edo period (17th century)
The first decorated in gold takamaki-e, togidashi-e and kirikane on a dense nashiji ground with a monk reading, the reverse with a squirrel amongst wisteria, dense nashiji and black lacquer interiors, fundame rims; and another of rectangular shape, decorated in gold and red takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl depicting a scene of Ujigawa-senjin, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims
9cm. and 7.4cm. high
Edo period (17th century)
The first decorated in gold takamaki-e, togidashi-e and kirikane on a dense nashiji ground with a monk reading, the reverse with a squirrel amongst wisteria, dense nashiji and black lacquer interiors, fundame rims; and another of rectangular shape, decorated in gold and red takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl depicting a scene of Ujigawa-senjin, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims
9cm. and 7.4cm. high
Provenance
The first, W. L. Behrens
The second, Murakami collection
The second, Murakami collection
Literature
The first, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection Part II. Lacquer and Inro (London, 1912), pl. L, No. 1371
Special notice
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