An early lacquer four-case inro Early 17th century
Lot 197
An early lacquer four-case inro Early 17th century
Sold for £780 (US$ 1,326) inc. premium
Auction Details
An early lacquer four-case inro Early 17th century
Lot Details
An early lacquer four-case inro
Early 17th century
Bearing a rubbed kinji ground and lacquered with two boatloads of brushwood pulled beneath a bridge by three workmen while a flock of birds fly amid clouds above, in takamakie, the interior of black lacquer, unsigned.
7cm (2¾in).

Footnotes

  • 舟引き図蒔絵印籠　無銘　17世紀前期

    Provenance: W.L. Behrens collection, sold at Glendining & Co., London, 4th November 1915.
    Purchased at Sotheby's London, 1982.
    Wrangham collection, no.1583.
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