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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON A GOLD GOURD-SHAPED RESERVE MASAYUKI [HAMANO SHOZUI (1696-1769)] (FOR THE METALWORK)
Details
A Small Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo Period (18th century), signed on a gold gourd-shaped reserve Masayuki [Hamano Shozui (1696-1769)] (for the metalwork)
Designed in gold takamaki-e and kirigane and inlaid shell, and inlaid with the twelve animals of the zodiac rendered in gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan set in a landscape of rocks, bamboo and plum, the ground of black lacquer with hirame; interior nashiji
2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) long
Edo Period (18th century), signed on a gold gourd-shaped reserve Masayuki [Hamano Shozui (1696-1769)] (for the metalwork)
Designed in gold takamaki-e and kirigane and inlaid shell, and inlaid with the twelve animals of the zodiac rendered in gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan set in a landscape of rocks, bamboo and plum, the ground of black lacquer with hirame; interior nashiji
2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) long
Provenance
Ralph Harari, sold Sotheby's, London, The Harari Collection of Inro, 28 March, 1974, lot 234