Lot Essay
The artist was Zeshin's eldest son and one of his many pupils who worked as a lacquerer of inro and netsuke.
SIGNED REISAI WITH A SEAL KOMA, 19TH CENTURY
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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
Signed Reisai with a seal Koma, 19th Century
Decorated in gold, silver and iroe hiramakie, kimpun, gold foil and aogai inlay on a red lacquer ground dusted with kimpun with Momotaro and his attendants, the reverse depicting one of his attendants, a dog, and a spray of peaches, interior cases nashiji with fundame rims, with a fundame ojime, (slight wear)
9.7cm. long
Signed Reisai with a seal Koma, 19th Century
Decorated in gold, silver and iroe hiramakie, kimpun, gold foil and aogai inlay on a red lacquer ground dusted with kimpun with Momotaro and his attendants, the reverse depicting one of his attendants, a dog, and a spray of peaches, interior cases nashiji with fundame rims, with a fundame ojime, (slight wear)
9.7cm. long
Provenance
Carl A Kroch Collection