An unusual four-case inro
By Teimin, 19th century
Bearing a pale tan ground, simulating washed sand, with gently-lapping waves in silver lacquer, decorated with four half-clam shells gold lacquered and inlaid with flowers in mother-of-pearl and green-stained ivory, beneath gold lacquer clouds, embellished with kirikane, the interior of nashiji and yasurime with stylised cherry blossoms on the risers, signed on mother-of-pearl Teimin; with wood manju-netsuke inlaid in Shibayama-style with a spray of pomegranates, signed Shibayama.
9.8cm (3 7/8in).
Bearing a pale tan ground, simulating washed sand, with gently-lapping waves in silver lacquer, decorated with four half-clam shells gold lacquered and inlaid with flowers in mother-of-pearl and green-stained ivory, beneath gold lacquer clouds, embellished with kirikane, the interior of nashiji and yasurime with stylised cherry blossoms on the risers, signed on mother-of-pearl Teimin; with wood manju-netsuke inlaid in Shibayama-style with a spray of pomegranates, signed Shibayama.
9.8cm (3 7/8in).
Sold for
£4,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 砂浜に絵蛤図芝山象嵌印籠 銘「貞民」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1966.
Wrangham collection, no.747.
Exhibited: Treasures of the North, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and at Christie's, London, 2000, no.53.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.288, Teimin.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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