A rare lacquer circular two-case inro
By Ueda Chikanao, 19th century
Bearing an usu-nashiji ground, lacquered on either side with Chinese pavilions among pine trees in a mountainous landscape with a waterfall to one side, in gold takamakie with profuse kirikane, the sides lacquered with karakusa and the interior of nashiji, signed Chikanao with kao.
6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Bearing an usu-nashiji ground, lacquered on either side with Chinese pavilions among pine trees in a mountainous landscape with a waterfall to one side, in gold takamakie with profuse kirikane, the sides lacquered with karakusa and the interior of nashiji, signed Chikanao with kao.
6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Sold for
£3,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 円形山水風景図蒔絵印籠 銘「近直（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1984.
Wrangham collection, no.1696.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.34, Chikanao, Ueda, left.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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