A black lacquer four-case inro
By Tatsuke Toshihide, 19th century
The roiro ground embellished with sparse mura-nashiji, lacquered in gold and silver togidashi with a continuous design of a flowering lily, the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Toshihide with seal Tokei.
7.9cm (3 1/8in).
The roiro ground embellished with sparse mura-nashiji, lacquered in gold and silver togidashi with a continuous design of a flowering lily, the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Toshihide with seal Tokei.
7.9cm (3 1/8in).
Sold for
£4,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 百合図蒔絵印籠 銘「寿秀 東渓（方印）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1972.
Wrangham collection, no.1572.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.305, Toshihide, Tatsuke, second from left.
Yo Takao, Inro Makie-shi Tamura Toshihide wo Meguru Mondai (Issues around the Makie Artist Tamura Toshihide) in Shikkoshi, 2007, no.30, p.39.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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