Project Description
Four Case Lacquer Inro with Eagle and Monkey by Okuda Yoshitsura
A roiro-mura-nashiji ground is almost lost beneath an astounding display of lacquering virtuosity, a monkey hiding amongst rocks from the large eagle which occupies most of the face. Silver mounts to the ends of the cord runners. To the right of the signature is the name Yūga with kaō, while the inside of the cover is signed Kahei with kaō, the latter suggesting a collaboration. The former name is probably that of the Kanō painter of that name (1824-1866)
Signed: okuda yoshitsura ho [copied]. 19th century
Height 7cm
Literature:
E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inrō Artists, discussed and the signature illustrated p. 339
Bonhams London, The Edward Wrangham Collection, Part VI, 10th November 2015, lot 111
Provenance:
Aonnymous sale, Sotheby’s London, 1972, purchased by E.A. Wrangham (no. 1142 in his collection); sold at his sale, Bonhams London, 19th July 2021, lot 53
MR4164
