A reddish-brown lacquer three-case inro
By Koma Koryu, 19th century
Of wide form, bearing a tan ground and lacquered in delicate gold and slight-silver togidashi with scattered pine seedlings, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Koryu saku with kao; with gold lacquer, round, undecorated ojime, unsigned.
7cm (2¾in).
Of wide form, bearing a tan ground and lacquered in delicate gold and slight-silver togidashi with scattered pine seedlings, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Koryu saku with kao; with gold lacquer, round, undecorated ojime, unsigned.
7cm (2¾in).
Sold for
£3,000
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Footnotes
- 若松散図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満巨柳作（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: F. A. Richards collection.
Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1963.
Wrangham collection, no.245.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.145, Koryu, third from left.
Andon 91, Society for Japanese Arts, 2012, p.18, fig.16.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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