Project Description

Four-case Lacquer Inro with Dragon

A classic early Edo inro decorated with a dragon amongst clouds across the two sides in takamakie, originally with kirigane, most of which is now lost.  The cord runners are covered in silver mounts engraved with scrolls, a vestige of the earlier practice of using external loops

Unsigned. Second half 17th century

Height: 8.3 cm

MR3255

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