拍品專文
The only missing animal is the snake, which was perhaps represented in the netsuke that originally accompanied this inro.
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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
細節
TWO INRO
Unsigned, Edo Period (18th/19th Century)
A three-case inro, black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold foil; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
Eleven of the twelve animals of the East Asian zodiac in various poses
and another with silver inlay, black lacquer ground; decoration in black and gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with red under-lacquering visible in places, and square gold flakes; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
A dragon in clouds above waves which extend to the underneath of the inro
27/8in. (7.3cm.) and 25/8in. (6.6cm.) long respectively (2)
Unsigned, Edo Period (18th/19th Century)
A three-case inro, black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold foil; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
Eleven of the twelve animals of the East Asian zodiac in various poses
and another with silver inlay, black lacquer ground; decoration in black and gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with red under-lacquering visible in places, and square gold flakes; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer
A dragon in clouds above waves which extend to the underneath of the inro
27/8in. (7.3cm.) and 25/8in. (6.6cm.) long respectively (2)
來源
The second, Lieut.-Col. J. B. Gaskell Collection
注意事項
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