A FOUR-CASE METAL INRO
A FOUR-CASE METAL INRO

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIFU JU RYUSHIKEN, KANAHARA NAOSADA AND WITH KAO

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A FOUR-CASE METAL INRO
late edo period (19th century), signed kifu ju ryushiken, kanahara naosada and with kao
Of slender rectangular form carved in takabori in shibuichi with a three-clawed dragon and clouds continuing to the reverse, the flames and the details of the dragon gold, silver and copper, the interior cases gilt and the base in shakudo; fitted with a gilt-metal netsuke in the form of a jewel, the bottom with shibuichi waves, the side with a hinged door opening to a three-dimensional scene of Muge hoju no tama and a gilt-metal spherical ojime worked in filigree with flowers and leaves
3in. (8.2cm.) long

拍品專文

Kanayama Naosada was the student of Yanagawa Naoharu, who made sword fittings. Naosada was metalworker to the Kishu Tokugawa family.