A lacquer four-case inro
By Shunsho, 19th century
Of somewhat flattened wide form, bearing a mura-nashiji ground and lacquered with exotic pheasants, one perched on a flowering cherry tree while its mate looks up from below, in gold and coloured togidashi with details of kirikane, the interior of nashiji, signed Shunsho saku.
8.9cm (3½in).
Of somewhat flattened wide form, bearing a mura-nashiji ground and lacquered with exotic pheasants, one perched on a flowering cherry tree while its mate looks up from below, in gold and coloured togidashi with details of kirikane, the interior of nashiji, signed Shunsho saku.
8.9cm (3½in).
Sold for
£2,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 桜に雉番図蒔絵印籠 銘「春正作」 19世紀
Provenance: R. Harari collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1974.
Wrangham collection, no.1256.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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