Project Description

Four-case Lacquer Inro Ensemble with Tadamori and the Oil Thief by Koma Yasutada

The highly polished roiro lacquer inro depicting Taira no Tadamori apprehending the Oil Thief in very finely executed togidashi, with extensive use of kinpun within the design

Signed koma yasutada saku. Early 19th century

6.4 cm

Together with a small wood netsuke of the subject, signed Kashun (Kashun Haraharu). Circa 1850

3.8 cm across

MR4806