A Three-Case Inro
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A Three-Case Inro

SIGNED KOMA YASUTADA SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details
A Three-Case Inro
Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and red togidashi-e and nashiji on a roiro-nuri ground with pheasants amongst a profusion of chrysanthemums and susuki, red lacquer interiors, fundame rims
7.5cm. high
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection No. 309
Literature
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898)
Special notice
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