A lacquer four-case inro
By Yamaguchi Shojosai (1893-1978), 19th century
Decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamakie, kirikane and e-nashiji with a continuous landscape scene of baboons beside a waterfall, one side with the mother feeding its offspring beneath a maple tree, whilst its mate crawls on all fours on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Chion saku with kakihan; with shibuichi metal ojime in the form of Ebisu holding a carp under one arm, signed with indecipherable signature within a silver tablet.
8.8cm (3½in).
Decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamakie, kirikane and e-nashiji with a continuous landscape scene of baboons beside a waterfall, one side with the mother feeding its offspring beneath a maple tree, whilst its mate crawls on all fours on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Chion saku with kakihan; with shibuichi metal ojime in the form of Ebisu holding a carp under one arm, signed with indecipherable signature within a silver tablet.
8.8cm (3½in).
Estimate:
£6,000 - 7,000
JPY 940,000 - 1.1 million
US$ 9,100 - 11,000
JPY 940,000 - 1.1 million
US$ 9,100 - 11,000
Footnotes
- 山水紅葉親子猿図蒔絵印籠 銘「知音作（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1972.
Wrangham collection, no.1195.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.249, Shojosai, top row, fourth from left.
The design is taken from a drawing by Yamaguchi Shojosai. It is stored in the studio of Shojosai's sun, Yamaguchi Takanobu (b.1941).
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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