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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
A LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (KOMA KORYU)
Details
A LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (KOMA KORYU)
The rounded lenticular body with a lightly gold-sprinkled roiro ground partly embellished with mura-nashiji lacquered in slight red and sumi-e togidashi maki-e with a continuous moon-lit scene, the full moon rendered in silver togidashi maki-e on the top case, depicting in silhouette a group of revelers including a man holding a lantern, children, a samurai and other passerbys along the banks of the Sumida river enjoying a firework display, three bats rendered in silver hiramaki-e hovering above, the interior risers of nashiji with red-lacquered floors and ceilings, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Koma Koryu with a kao, with an amber ojime.
3 1⁄8 in. (7.5 cm.) high
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (KOMA KORYU)
The rounded lenticular body with a lightly gold-sprinkled roiro ground partly embellished with mura-nashiji lacquered in slight red and sumi-e togidashi maki-e with a continuous moon-lit scene, the full moon rendered in silver togidashi maki-e on the top case, depicting in silhouette a group of revelers including a man holding a lantern, children, a samurai and other passerbys along the banks of the Sumida river enjoying a firework display, three bats rendered in silver hiramaki-e hovering above, the interior risers of nashiji with red-lacquered floors and ceilings, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Koma Koryu with a kao, with an amber ojime.
3 1⁄8 in. (7.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's, 10 May, 1972.
Wrangham Collection no.1146, with original collector's label.
Wrangham Collection no.1146, with original collector's label.
Brought to you by
Zheng Ma
Head of Department, Senior Specialist