A grey lacquer three-case inro
By Kanshosai, 19th century
Of wide form, bearing a shibuichi-nuri ground, engraved with two oharame (female peddlers from Ohara selling brushwood) carrying bundles on their heads, the reverse with a heavily laden ox, its halter trailing on the ground, the interior of nashiji, signed Kanshosai with kao.
8.2cm (3¼in), wide.
Of wide form, bearing a shibuichi-nuri ground, engraved with two oharame (female peddlers from Ohara selling brushwood) carrying bundles on their heads, the reverse with a heavily laden ox, its halter trailing on the ground, the interior of nashiji, signed Kanshosai with kao.
8.2cm (3¼in), wide.
Sold for
£5,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 大原女図蒔絵印籠 銘「觀松斎（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: probably W. L. Behrens collection, no.36.
Purchased at Christie's, London, 1970.
Wrangham collection, no.1008.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.312, Toyo(sai), right column, top row, second from left.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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