A four-case inro lacquered with two anchors and cable 18th century
A gold lacquer four-case inro
17th century
Of wide form, bearing a rubbed yasuriko ground lacquered with two large anchors and cables, in takamakie with hirame embellishments, the interior of nashiji, and the lower two cases fitted with boxes of fundame lacquer, each with a silver foil label, unsigned.
7.9cm (3 1/8in).
Sold for £1,062 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 錨図蒔絵小箱入印籠 無銘 17世紀

    Provenance: sold at Glendining & Co., London, 1922.
    Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1981.
    Wrangham collection, no.1548.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art


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