Project Description
Four case Black Lacquer Inro with Tortoise-shell Inlays
With a ground of broken rinzu pattern over worn roiro-nashiji, decorated with kidney-shaped panels enclosing lacustrian landscapes, four inlaid with tortoise-shell, two further lacquered panels with flowers
Unsigned. Circa 1700
8.1 cm
Spherical tooth ojime
Provenance:
Nihon Token (M. Dean), 1988
EA Wrangham (his loose label nod. 1917 inside), sold at his 3rd sale, Bonhams 15/05/12, lot 198
Jacques Carré
Information:
In addition to the Wrangham label, there is another loose one inside inscribed WHS and L.293, as well as an adhered label inscribed 188B
MR3461