A Johana-nuri lacquer four-case inro
19th century
Bearing a pale, pinkish-tan ground, lacquered with two flying ho-o birds among scattered clouds in brown, green, red and ochre lacquer, the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges, unsigned.
8.5cm (3 3/8in).
Bearing a pale, pinkish-tan ground, lacquered with two flying ho-o birds among scattered clouds in brown, green, red and ochre lacquer, the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges, unsigned.
8.5cm (3 3/8in).
Sold for
£6,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 鳳凰図城端塗印籠 無銘 19世紀
Provenance: F. A. Richards collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1963.
Wrangham collection, no.257.
Exhibited: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972, no.112.
A very similar example, lacquered with a dragon, was in the W. L. Behrens collection, no.540, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.XXX.
The Johana technique was developed in the town of Johana in Toyama prefecture and is a variation of togidashi and has the finished appearance of fine cloisonnè enamel.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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