Project Description
Four-case Roiro Lacquer Inro with a Stag by Shiomi Masanari
Decorated in low relief takamakie, hiramakie and togidashi with a running stag and windswept susuki grass on the slope of a mountain. The fur of the deer is remarkably well rendered by textures in the gold lacquer
Signed: Shiomi Masanari. 18th century
7.4 cm
Compare with a similar inro by the artist in the W.L. Behrens collection (Joly, no. 612, illustrated on pl. XXXIII, in which the author comments: “pelt exquisitely treated”)
Provenance:
Old collector’s label A29 inside the cover
MR5012
