EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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TWO INRO
Edo Period (19th Century)
A four-case inro, gold and shibuichi-nuri lacquer grounds separated diagonally on each side; decoration in gold, silver and black takamaki-e with deep engraving imitating katakiri-bori, a type of carving used in metalwork; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Koma Sozan saku [made by Koma Sozan]

Shoki the Demon-Queller wearing an enormous hat and riding on the back of a shishi; on the reverse demons hiding in an old armour-box

And a three-case inro, black lacquer ground imitating the texture of an ink-cake; decoration in black takamaki-e; compartments, risers, shoulders and rims black lacquer, sealed Kan

On one side the rakan Hattara with a tiger; on the other side the rakan Handaka with a dragon, holding a pearl aloft in his left hand
33/8in. (8.5cm.) and 27/8in. (7.4cm.) long respectively (2)

注意事項

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拍品專文

For Koma Sozan, believed to have been active during the 19th century, see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, Northumberland, 1995), p. 276.

The rakan, disciples of the Buddha, are said in Japan to be sixteen or five hundred in number. They are generally regarded as beings who have reached a point of spiritual development just below that of a true Buddha. The design on this inro is likely to have been taken from an illustrated book, either Chinese (of the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century) or Japanese (of a later date).