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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
AN INLAID SHIBUICHI FOUR-CASE SAYA (SHEATH) INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HARUAKI (HOGEN HARUAKI; 1787-1859)
Details
AN INLAID SHIBUICHI FOUR-CASE SAYA (SHEATH) INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HARUAKI (HOGEN HARUAKI; 1787-1859)
The vertical rectangular body with the saya formed of two parts, each side of shibuichi ishime, decorated in high relief of gold, bronze, silver, copper and shakudo with an all-over design of swallows, butterflies and floral roundels of the four seasons including lilies, plum, peony and wisteria scattered over the surface, the four-case inro within of undecorated silver, signed on the base with chiselled characters Haruaki/Shunmei, with a silver tubular ojime inlaid in high relief of gilt and silver with a sprig of peony, signed with a seal (undeciphered).
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HARUAKI (HOGEN HARUAKI; 1787-1859)
The vertical rectangular body with the saya formed of two parts, each side of shibuichi ishime, decorated in high relief of gold, bronze, silver, copper and shakudo with an all-over design of swallows, butterflies and floral roundels of the four seasons including lilies, plum, peony and wisteria scattered over the surface, the four-case inro within of undecorated silver, signed on the base with chiselled characters Haruaki/Shunmei, with a silver tubular ojime inlaid in high relief of gilt and silver with a sprig of peony, signed with a seal (undeciphered).
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Michael Tomkinson Collection, no.1069, with original collector's label.
M. T. Hindson Collection, purchased at Sotheby's London, 1969.
Wrangham collection, no.960, with original collector's label.
M. T. Hindson Collection, purchased at Sotheby's London, 1969.
Wrangham collection, no.960, with original collector's label.
Literature
INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, exhibition catalogue, Oxford, 1972, p.43, cat. no. 102 (ill.)
Exhibited
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, 9 October - 4 November 1972.
Brought to you by
Zheng Ma
Head of Department, Senior Specialist