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SIGNED KOMA KYORYU SAKU WITH A KAO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Signed Koma Kyoryu saku with a kao, Edo Period (18th Century)
Decorated in gold and coloured lacquer and foil with a giant carp attempting to leap over a waterfall beside an ancient willow growing among rocks, the interior in togidashi-e with a repeated pattern of hanabishi, a stained ivory ojime carved with an octopus attempting to catch two fugu fish, some old wear
3in. (9.2cm.) high
Signed Koma Kyoryu saku with a kao, Edo Period (18th Century)
Decorated in gold and coloured lacquer and foil with a giant carp attempting to leap over a waterfall beside an ancient willow growing among rocks, the interior in togidashi-e with a repeated pattern of hanabishi, a stained ivory ojime carved with an octopus attempting to catch two fugu fish, some old wear
3in. (9.2cm.) high
Provenance
E. A. Wrangham Collection
Literature
Eskenazi Limited, Japanese inro from the collection of E. A. Wrangham (London, 1974), cat. no. 34.