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Fine Japanese Works of Art from the Edward Wrangham Collection (Online only) / A black lacquer four-case inro By Koma Ryusei, 19th century
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A black lacquer four-case inro
By Koma Ryusei, 19th century
18 June – 9 July 2018, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,875 inc. premium
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A black lacquer four-case inro
By Koma Ryusei, 19th century
Of wide form, the black lacquer ground embellished with usu-nashiji, lacquered with a snake emerging from a tree, in gold hiramakie and sabiji-nuri, above a rushing stream in gold togidashi, glaring menacingly at a toad inlaid in tortoise-shell shown on the reverse crouched beneath e-nashiji clouds, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Ryusei with kao; with cloisonné enamel ojime, unsigned.
7.9cm (3 1/8in).
Of wide form, the black lacquer ground embellished with usu-nashiji, lacquered with a snake emerging from a tree, in gold hiramakie and sabiji-nuri, above a rushing stream in gold togidashi, glaring menacingly at a toad inlaid in tortoise-shell shown on the reverse crouched beneath e-nashiji clouds, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Ryusei with kao; with cloisonné enamel ojime, unsigned.
7.9cm (3 1/8in).
Footnotes
蛙に蛇図蒔絵鼈甲象嵌印籠 銘「古満柳正（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: W. L. Behrens collection, no.1168.
Maurice Feuillet collection.
Paul Corbin collection.
Wrangham collection, no.1930.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.217, left column, Ryusei, Koma, top left.
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 262.