A boxwood three-case inro
By Shokin, 19th century
In the form of a tortoise, its head and legs retracted within its carapace and its eyes inlaid with horn, signed in a rectangular reserve Shokin; with a wood ojime in the form of three tortoises, signed on an oval ebony tablet Tadakazu; and a boxwood netsuke of a turtle, enveloped in its carapace, inscribed Tomotada. 8.9cm (3½in).
In the form of a tortoise, its head and legs retracted within its carapace and its eyes inlaid with horn, signed in a rectangular reserve Shokin; with a wood ojime in the form of three tortoises, signed on an oval ebony tablet Tadakazu; and a boxwood netsuke of a turtle, enveloped in its carapace, inscribed Tomotada. 8.9cm (3½in).
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Footnotes
- 亀甲意匠木彫印籠 銘「松琴」 19世紀
Provenance: L. A. Luxmoore collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1964.
Wrangham collection, no.323.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.252, Shokin, right.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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