THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A WOOD TONKOTSU INRO
WITH SIGNATURE KANSHO SAI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A WOOD TONKOTSU INRO
With signature Kansho sai, late 18th Century
Of oval form with hinged cover, dark wood with grains decorated with gold, silver and iroe hiramakie with masks, the cover inlaid in metal with a large character, fitted with a manju netsuke similarly decorated with drums, signed Toyo, (slight wear)
approx. 13cm. long
With signature Kansho sai, late 18th Century
Of oval form with hinged cover, dark wood with grains decorated with gold, silver and iroe hiramakie with masks, the cover inlaid in metal with a large character, fitted with a manju netsuke similarly decorated with drums, signed Toyo, (slight wear)
approx. 13cm. long
Provenance
Orange Collection
Literature
Orange, James, Catalogue of a Small Collection of Japanese Lacquer, Made by James Orange, Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 1907; reprinted Yokohama, 1910), cat. no. 93, (illustrated on p.21)