An unusual black lacquer three-case inro
After Ogata Korin, 19th century
Of rounded heart shape, bearing a roiro ground, each side with a sunken fundame panel, one inlaid with Fukurokuju and a stylised crane, the other with a deer by a pine tree, inlaid in pewter and aogai, the interior of nashiji, inscribed inside Seisei Korin.
7cm (2¾in).
Of rounded heart shape, bearing a roiro ground, each side with a sunken fundame panel, one inlaid with Fukurokuju and a stylised crane, the other with a deer by a pine tree, inlaid in pewter and aogai, the interior of nashiji, inscribed inside Seisei Korin.
7cm (2¾in).
Estimate:
£700 - 750
JPY 100,000 - 110,000
US$ 1,100 - 1,200
JPY 100,000 - 110,000
US$ 1,100 - 1,200
Footnotes
- 福禄寿と鶴図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「青々光琳」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1968.
Wrangham collection, no.845.
The design is illustrated in the album, Korin Shinsen Hyakuzu, illustrated by Ikeda Koson, published in 1864.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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