A Five-Case Inro
A Five-Case Inro

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA SHINRYU SAKU AND INSCRIBED ENSHUKO OKONOMI NIYORU (TASTE OF KOBORI ENSHU)

細節
A Five-Case Inro
Edo period (late 18th century), signed Koma Shinryu saku and inscribed Enshuko okonomi niyoru (Taste of Kobori Enshu)
The long slender inro lacquered roiro-nuri and designed with an all over design of a standing crane in gold, silver and black togidashi, the interiors nashiji; fitted a hardstone bead ojime and a box netsuke carved as a tortoise shell lacquered gold on the top, signed Yuho (Shofusai Yuho, active mid-19th century)
5in. (12.7cm.) long
來源
Paul Alther, sold Sotheby's, London, 6 December, 1972, lot 320