A five-case inro inlaid in Rimpa style with stylised cranes 19th century
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A black lacquer five-case inro
By Kajikawa Shoshin (Akinobu), 19th century
Bearing a roiro ground and inlaid in Rimpa style with stylised cranes, in pewter and aogai, the interior of nashiji, signed Kajikawa Shoshin with seal Shoshin (Akinobu).
8.2cm (3¼in).
Estimate:
£700 - 800
JPY 110,000 - 120,000
US$ 1,100 - 1,200

Footnotes

  • 琳派様群鶴図蒔絵螺鈿印籠　銘「梶川彰信　彰信（方印）」　19世紀

    Provenance: purchased from Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1985.
    Wrangham collection, no.1737A.

    Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.256, Shoshin, Kajikawa.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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