A gold lacquer, four-case inro By Shunsho, 19th century
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A gold lacquer four-case inro
By Shunsho, 19th century
Lacquered all over with a flock of swallows flying among flowering cherry trees and young pines in black takamakie, and gold and silver togidashi, the interior of nashiji, signed Shunsho with seal Masamitsu.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for £1,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 若松桜に群燕図蒔絵印籠　銘「春正　正光（方印）」　19世紀

    Provenance: Segal collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.
    Wrangham collection, no.488.

    Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.265, Shunsho, left column, second row, second from left.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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