Project Description
Early Shell Inlaid Four-case Inro with a Kirin
Intricately and expertly inlaid with multiple slivers of aogai, Kirin standing beneath a pine tree in a landscape on one side, the trunk of the tree on the other. The top, bottom and sides are inlaid with geometric patterns typical of Ryukyuan lacquer work
Unsigned. 18th century
7.2 cm
Henri Vever collection, sold in his sale at Sotheby’s London, 24th October 1972, lot 70, illustrated
MR3922
