Lot Essay
The eighth master of the Hirata line, Harunari worked in the early 19th century and was famous for his cloisonné-enamel work.
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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
AN INLAID IRON TWO-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIRATA HARUNARI (HIRATA HARUNARI)
Details
AN INLAID IRON TWO-CASE INRO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIRATA HARUNARI (HIRATA HARUNARI)
The rounded rectangular body with an iron ground, applied on both sides in low relief with different foliate motifs and other abstract designs within small different-shaped panels of cloisonné-enamel scattered over the surface, with details finely worked in gold wire, the interior risers of plain silver, signed on the base with chiseled signature Hirata Harunari; with a cloisonné-enamel ojime decorated with shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) designs.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIRATA HARUNARI (HIRATA HARUNARI)
The rounded rectangular body with an iron ground, applied on both sides in low relief with different foliate motifs and other abstract designs within small different-shaped panels of cloisonné-enamel scattered over the surface, with details finely worked in gold wire, the interior risers of plain silver, signed on the base with chiseled signature Hirata Harunari; with a cloisonné-enamel ojime decorated with shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) designs.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Wrangham Collection.
Literature
INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, exhibition catalogue, Oxford, 1972, p.43, cat. no. 100 (ill.)
Exhibited
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, 9 October - 4 November 1972.
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