A black lacquer four-case inro
By the Kajikawa Family, 19th century
Of upright form, the roiro ground with sparse nashiji, lacquered with a continuous scene of two crows perched on a withered branch, silhouetted against the full moon, in gold and black takamakie with details of gold foil, the moon of shibuichi-nuri and the interior of nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku with red pot seal.
8.9cm (3½in).
Of upright form, the roiro ground with sparse nashiji, lacquered with a continuous scene of two crows perched on a withered branch, silhouetted against the full moon, in gold and black takamakie with details of gold foil, the moon of shibuichi-nuri and the interior of nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku with red pot seal.
8.9cm (3½in).
Sold for
£2,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 満月に鴉図蒔絵印籠 銘「梶川作 榮（壺印）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1963.
Wrangham collection, no.297.
A very similar design is seen on an inro in the W. L. Behrens collection, no.917, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.XLIV.
Exhibited: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1972.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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