A Five-Case Lacquer Inro

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA AND SEALED EI

细节

A Five-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo Period (19th century), signed Kajikawa and sealed Ei
Lacquered in gold and lack takamaki-e with Raijin, the god of thunder beating drums on a storm cloud with flashes of lightning, while in pale togidashi, people beneath the clouds run for shelter from the storm, the sky embellished with hirame, interiors nashiji; fitted with a silvered-metal disc ojime with a gilt rabbit on both sides
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long

拍品专文

The figures fleeing the storm are cleverly rendered in silhouette in togidashi, visible only in certain light. This makes them appear as if they are being illuminated by a flash of lightning during a sudden evening thunder shower.