Project Description
Four-case Roiro Lacquer Inro with Oshidori by Koma Koryu
The pair of ducks stand on a snow covered mound by running water with the red sun setting beyond; on the verso a plum tree stands behind a brushwood fence, also covered in snow. The decoration is of low relief takamakie and togidashi with fine kirigane over a roiro-kinpun ground
Signed: koma koryu saku with kaō
8.4 cm
Provenance:
J.C. Hawkshaw collection (label numbered 142 in bottom case)
Albert Maroni (French 1852-1923) collection
MR4875
