A lacquer four-case inro
By Shigeyoshi, 19th century
Bearing a bright vermilion ground and lacquered with a black Himalayan bear seated beside a rock, the reverse with butterflies hovering over a waterfall, in gold and coloured takamakie with details of kirikane and the interior of nashiji, signed Shigeyoshi saku with kao. 7.6cm (3in).
Bearing a bright vermilion ground and lacquered with a black Himalayan bear seated beside a rock, the reverse with butterflies hovering over a waterfall, in gold and coloured takamakie with details of kirikane and the interior of nashiji, signed Shigeyoshi saku with kao. 7.6cm (3in).
Sold for
£3,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 花蝶に熊図蒔絵印籠 銘「重美作（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.
Wrangham collection, no.567.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p. 240, Shigeyoshi, right.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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