A lacquer five-case inro
By Yanagawa Naoyuki, 19th century
Of upright form, bearing a sparse nashiji ground, lacquered in gold and coloured togidashi with an ukiyo-e scene of maiko entertaining a guest in a tea house, the reverse with a stone water bowl and ladle beside a verandah beneath an overhanging pine tree, the cord runners and interior of nashiji, signed Yanagawa Naoyuki with red gourd-shaped seal Ryugyokusai.
8.9cm (3½in).
Of upright form, bearing a sparse nashiji ground, lacquered in gold and coloured togidashi with an ukiyo-e scene of maiko entertaining a guest in a tea house, the reverse with a stone water bowl and ladle beside a verandah beneath an overhanging pine tree, the cord runners and interior of nashiji, signed Yanagawa Naoyuki with red gourd-shaped seal Ryugyokusai.
8.9cm (3½in).
Sold for
£2,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 茶屋風景図蒔絵印籠 銘「柳川直行 柳玉齋（瓢箪印）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1995.
Wrangham collection, no.2089.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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