An ivory four-case inro
Style of Tomotada, early 19th century
Each side with a scrolled sunken panel bearing an ishime ground, one carved in relief with two cranes wading among reeds in a stream, the other with two cranes and a fledgling, the top with a scrolled panel and the cord runners engraved with a rinzu design, inscribed Tomotada. 6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Each side with a scrolled sunken panel bearing an ishime ground, one carved in relief with two cranes wading among reeds in a stream, the other with two cranes and a fledgling, the top with a scrolled panel and the cord runners engraved with a rinzu design, inscribed Tomotada. 6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Estimate:
£2,000 - 2,500
JPY 300,000 - 370,000
US$ 3,100 - 3,900
JPY 300,000 - 370,000
US$ 3,100 - 3,900
Footnotes
- 鶴図象牙彫印籠 銘「友忠」 19世紀前期
Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1961.
Wrangham collection, no.81.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.301, Tomotada, Izumiya, second from left.
Several inro thus signed are recorded and it is generally accepted that, while they may have some relationship to the work of Izumiya Tomotada of Kyoto, they are probably by close followers.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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