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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
A BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH LACQUER HAKO-NETSUKE
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED IKEDA TAISHIN ON INRO AND TAISHIN ON NETSUKE (IKEDA TAISHIN; 1825-1903)
Details
A BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH LACQUER HAKO-NETSUKE
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED IKEDA TAISHIN ON INRO AND TAISHIN ON NETSUKE (IKEDA TAISHIN; 1825-1903)
The upright lenticular body with a lustrous roiro ground lacquered in delicate gold and iro-e togidashi maki-e, with subtle details in kirikane depicting a night scene of the ghost of an old woman emerging from flames on one side, a willow tree overhanging a meandering stream and a crescent moon on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Ikeda Taishin, with an inlaid copper ojime of flattened cylindrical form decorated with lilies, applied in silver and gilt high relief and a lacquer hako-netsuke of rounded square form with bamboo cover lacquered in gold and black takamaki-e with a bundle of tied brushwood attached with a branch of maple leaning to one side, the box of shitan-nuri (rosewood lacquer), signed on the reverse in gold hiramaki-e Taishin.
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED IKEDA TAISHIN ON INRO AND TAISHIN ON NETSUKE (IKEDA TAISHIN; 1825-1903)
The upright lenticular body with a lustrous roiro ground lacquered in delicate gold and iro-e togidashi maki-e, with subtle details in kirikane depicting a night scene of the ghost of an old woman emerging from flames on one side, a willow tree overhanging a meandering stream and a crescent moon on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Ikeda Taishin, with an inlaid copper ojime of flattened cylindrical form decorated with lilies, applied in silver and gilt high relief and a lacquer hako-netsuke of rounded square form with bamboo cover lacquered in gold and black takamaki-e with a bundle of tied brushwood attached with a branch of maple leaning to one side, the box of shitan-nuri (rosewood lacquer), signed on the reverse in gold hiramaki-e Taishin.
3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Miss Jermyn Collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 30 June, 1970.
Wrangham Collection, no.1035, with original collector's label.
Wrangham Collection, no.1035, with original collector's label.
Literature
INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, exhibition catalogue, Oxford, 1972, p.35, cat. no.69 (ill.)
Exhibited
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, INRO: An exhibition of Japanese Inro from the collection of E.A. Wrangham, 9 October - 4 November 1972.
Brought to you by
Zheng Ma
Head of Department, Senior Specialist