Five-case lacquer inro
19th century
Of oval section and decorated with fans designed with seasonal images and birds and flowers rendered in gold, silver and red hiramakie, kirigane and kinpun, the background sparse hirame and roiro, interiors nashiji, unsigned; with a horn bead ojime
3 7/8in (9.8cm)
Of oval section and decorated with fans designed with seasonal images and birds and flowers rendered in gold, silver and red hiramakie, kirigane and kinpun, the background sparse hirame and roiro, interiors nashiji, unsigned; with a horn bead ojime
3 7/8in (9.8cm)
Sold for
US$ 5,734
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Mizutani Hidejiro Collection, Kyoto
Literature: Mizutani Hidejiro. Mizutani korekushon, inro no kenkyu (Kyoto: Hakusha, 1988), no. 13.
Category: Asian Art
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