Lot 94
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A FOUR-CASE INRO
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A FOUR-CASE INRO

UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)

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A FOUR-CASE INRO
Unsigned, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground; decoration in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and foil with shell; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer

The Chinese Song-dynasty poet Toba or Soshoku (in Chinese, Su Dongpo, 1036-1101) riding into exile on his mule; on the reverse a rock with ferns, dandelions and other plants
25/8in. (6.6cm.) long
Provenance
Gilbertson Collection
Mrs T. S. Hall Collection
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Lot Essay

The poet, calligrapher, philosopher, prose stylist and statesman Su Dongpo was demoted towards the end of his career to a minor official post in the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The parallels between his career and that of the Japanese statesman and culture-hero Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) made him a favourite subject for Japanese artists during the Edo period.

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