A rare lacquer single-case inro
By Kounro, 19th century
Of relatively wide form, the sabiji-nuri ground simulating old pitted and rusty iron, lacquered in high relief with four dried sardines in rubbed gold takamakie, the interior of roiro, signed in a rounded, rectangular tsuishu tablet Kounro, with lacquered-wood ojime, inlaid with a mask in ray-skin, unsigned.
7cm (2¾in), wide.
Of relatively wide form, the sabiji-nuri ground simulating old pitted and rusty iron, lacquered in high relief with four dried sardines in rubbed gold takamakie, the interior of roiro, signed in a rounded, rectangular tsuishu tablet Kounro, with lacquered-wood ojime, inlaid with a mask in ray-skin, unsigned.
7cm (2¾in), wide.
Sold for
£875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 鰯干物図蒔絵印籠 銘「耕雲老」 19世紀
Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1966.
Wrangham collection, no.653.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.151, Kounro, bottom left.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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