Lot Essay
Edward Wrangham records this signature and suggests that Hirosato was a painter.
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SIGNED JOKASAI HIROSATO GA AND SEALED HIROSATO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
Signed Jokasai Hirosato ga and Sealed Hirosato, Edo Period (18th Century)
Decorated in gold lacquer on a brown lacquer ground embellished with okibirame, depicting two horses playing, the reverse with a larger dappled grey horse, nashiji and okibirame interior, slight old wear
2in.(7cm.) high
Signed Jokasai Hirosato ga and Sealed Hirosato, Edo Period (18th Century)
Decorated in gold lacquer on a brown lacquer ground embellished with okibirame, depicting two horses playing, the reverse with a larger dappled grey horse, nashiji and okibirame interior, slight old wear
2in.(7cm.) high