A rare black lacquer single-case inro
By Toyo, 18th century
Of unusually wide form, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with a bold design of six chaire displayed in open brocade bags, in gold and coloured takamakie with profuse details of gold foil and inlaid aogai, the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges, the single-case divided into three parts, signed Toyo with kao; with a marbled, pentagon-shaped, solid-lacquer ojime, unsigned.
18.4cm (7¼in), wide.
Of unusually wide form, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with a bold design of six chaire displayed in open brocade bags, in gold and coloured takamakie with profuse details of gold foil and inlaid aogai, the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges, the single-case divided into three parts, signed Toyo with kao; with a marbled, pentagon-shaped, solid-lacquer ojime, unsigned.
18.4cm (7¼in), wide.
Sold for
£9,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 茶入図蒔絵螺鈿長印籠 銘「桃葉（花押）」 18世紀
Provenance: R. Harari collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1974.
Wrangham collection, no.1258.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.312, Toyo(sai), left column, bottom right.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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