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SIGNED KANSHOSAI, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)
Details
A THREE-CASE INRO
Signed Kanshosai, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground embellished with gold flakes and powder; decoration in gold, aokin, silver and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and gold foil; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Kanshosai saku [made by Kanshosai]; stained ivory ojime
On one side a male courtier in a robe decorated with a turnip motif; on the other side another dancing courtier with an umbrella
3in. (7.5cm.) long
Signed Kanshosai, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Black lacquer ground embellished with gold flakes and powder; decoration in gold, aokin, silver and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and gold foil; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Kanshosai saku [made by Kanshosai]; stained ivory ojime
On one side a male courtier in a robe decorated with a turnip motif; on the other side another dancing courtier with an umbrella
3in. (7.5cm.) long
Provenance
Henry Charles Clifford Collection
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