Project Description
Four-case gold lacquer inro with the Hagoromo, by Shuhosai
The tennin’s fabled feather mantle hanging from a branch of an ancient pine tree on one side, Mt. Fuji visible through the pierced trunk of the tree on the other, the lacquering of the mantle and tree trunk most adroitly and pleasingly executed
Signed
8.7 cm
Salmon pink agate ojime and highly polished 2-part rosewood manju
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Klefisch Cologne, 1989, where purchased by E.A. Wrangham (no. 1991), offered in his third sale, Bonhams London, 15th May, 2012, lot 333
MR4092
