A gold lacquer four-case inro
By Yamamoto Seiko (Masayuki), 19th century
Bearing a rich kinji and usu-nashiji ground, lacquered with a continuous scene of the Rokkasen (Six Poets of the Ninth Century) in conversation, in gold, silver and slight-coloured togidashi, the interior of nashiji, signed Yamamoto Seiko (Masayuki) with red kao.
7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Bearing a rich kinji and usu-nashiji ground, lacquered with a continuous scene of the Rokkasen (Six Poets of the Ninth Century) in conversation, in gold, silver and slight-coloured togidashi, the interior of nashiji, signed Yamamoto Seiko (Masayuki) with red kao.
7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Estimate:
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY 380,000 - 460,000
US$ 3,800 - 4,500
JPY 380,000 - 460,000
US$ 3,800 - 4,500
Footnotes
- 六歌仙図蒔絵印籠 銘「山本正行（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1986.
Wrangham collection, no.1810.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.227, Seiko, Yamamoto.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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