Project Description

Elegant Small Three-case Black Lacquer Inro

Decorated on each side with a single paulownia sprig over a roiro-mura-nashiji ground, the case edges with silver mounts

Unsigned. Circa 1800

Height 5.9cm

Provenance:

Charles Haviland, sold in his sale 8th June 1923, lot 119

Maurice Feuillet collection (his label in the top case)

Collection or sale number labels 146 (old) and 269 (newer). The latter may relate to a sale on 13th December 1966

MR4288