A black lacquer four-case inro
By Minsetsusai Kyuho, 19th century
The roiro ground with a light dusting of gold powder, lacquered with the Chinese character for kotobuki surrounded by scattered kiku-mon, in gold and silver takamakie, the interior of nashiji, signed Kyuho with kao; with a silver ojime, cast with a large peony on an ishime ground, signed Komei.
8.2cm (3¼in).
The roiro ground with a light dusting of gold powder, lacquered with the Chinese character for kotobuki surrounded by scattered kiku-mon, in gold and silver takamakie, the interior of nashiji, signed Kyuho with kao; with a silver ojime, cast with a large peony on an ishime ground, signed Komei.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for
£1,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 壽字に菊紋散図蒔絵印籠 銘「久甫（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.
Wrangham collection, no.460.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.158, Kyuho, left.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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