EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH ENGRAVED SIGNATURE ON TWO INLAID GOLD PLAQUES MON EIJO (DESIGN BY EIJO) [MASAMITSU (1577-1617), SIXTH HEAD OF THE GOTO SCHOOL OF METALSMITHS], AND MITSUTERU AND WITH KAKIHAN (CURSIVE MONOGRAM)

Details

A Four-Case Inro**
Edo period (19th century), with engraved signature on two inlaid gold plaques Mon Eijo (design by Eijo) [Masamitsu (1577-1617), sixth head of the Goto school of metalsmiths], and Mitsuteru and with kakihan (cursive monogram)
Of oval section and designed in black lacquer and yamimaki-e with a continuous pattern of waves and inlaid with various shells in gold and shakudo; the interiors lacquered nashiji with fundame edges; fitted with a pearl bead ojime and a black-lacquer netsuke of a cluster of clam shells, the ends inlaid in ivory; with signature Tomonobu and with kakihan (cursive monogram)
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) long

Provenance

Edmund J. Lewis

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Joe Earle and Edmund J. Lewis, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis (Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996), pl. 64.

Sold in these Rooms, 4 December, 1986, lot 271.

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