A lacquer two-case inro
By Nomura Chohei(sai), 18th century
Of wide form, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with a bold design of an owl perched on a branch, the reverse with a perched finch, in gold takamakie and tsuishu with raden inlay, the interior of black lacquer with scrolling foliage in delicate chinkinbori, signed on a red lacquer tablet Choheisai; with silver ojime in the form of a owl perched on a rock, unsigned.
8.2cm (3¼in), wide.
Of wide form, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with a bold design of an owl perched on a branch, the reverse with a perched finch, in gold takamakie and tsuishu with raden inlay, the interior of black lacquer with scrolling foliage in delicate chinkinbori, signed on a red lacquer tablet Choheisai; with silver ojime in the form of a owl perched on a rock, unsigned.
8.2cm (3¼in), wide.
Sold for
£2,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 梟に燕図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「樗平齋」 18世紀
Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1966.
Wrangham collection, no.702.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.38, Chohei(sai), Nomura, right column, centre row, second from right.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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