**SOLD** Early Two-case Lacquered Inro in the Form of a Jar

Early Two-case Lacquered Inro in the Form of a Jar

The flattened jar decorated in worn takamakie with the Junishi (the twelve animals of the zodiac). Concealed inner cord runners, the cords exiting at the shoulder and passing through the lip of the jar

Unsigned. 17th century

7.4 cm  

Small hardstone ojime

Provenance:

Glendining & Co 11th February 1954 part lot 691 

Henry Potter Stevens Collection, no. 85 

MR5239