A black lacquer four-case inro
By Hara Yoyusai, 19th century
Lacquered on the roiro ground with a dragonfly alighting on a kiku plant, the reverse with a butterfly hovering over kiku shrubs growing around a broken bamboo fence, in gold and silver takamakie, the interior of nashiji, signed Yoyusai with kao, with coral bead ojime.
7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Lacquered on the roiro ground with a dragonfly alighting on a kiku plant, the reverse with a butterfly hovering over kiku shrubs growing around a broken bamboo fence, in gold and silver takamakie, the interior of nashiji, signed Yoyusai with kao, with coral bead ojime.
7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Sold for
£2,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 菊に蝶蜻蛉図蒔絵印籠 銘「羊遊齋（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1968.
Wrangham collection, no.880.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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