A black lacquer five-case inro Kajikawa family, after the design by Hanabusa Itcho, 18th/19th century
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A black lacquer five-case inro
By the Kajikawa family, 18th/19th century
Bearing a roiro ground, after the design by Hanabusa Itcho, lacquered with two swallows wheeling in the air around furin (a wind-bell) in gold, silver and slight-coloured takamakie, inscribed Hanabusa Itcho with kao, the interior of nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku with red pot seal; with a shibuichi ojime inlaid in copper with a rinzu design.
7.6cm (3in).
Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 燕に風鈴図蒔絵印籠　銘「梶川作　榮（壺印）」「英一蝶（花押）」　18/19世紀

    Provenance: Randall Hibbert collection
    J. H. M. Brooks collection.
    Robert de Belder collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 16th November 1983, lot 200.

    The motif is taken from an ehon: Wakan Meigaen, vol.6, p.15, illustrated by Ooka Shunboku, first printed in 1739, after a painting by Hanabusa Itcho.

    Ooka Shunboku (1680-1763) was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Osaka and moved to Edo, where he trained as a Kano school painter, before studying Chinese Ming and Yuan paintings, many of which were used as illustrations for his books.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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