Project Description
Four-case Shell Inlaid Gold Lacquer Inro
Inlaid with thick pewter and raden inlays representing a gourd vine, the lacquer ground with inclusions of gold flakes and overlapping the sides of the inlays
Unsigned. Circa 1800
Height 6.8cm
Provenance:
Tadashi Hayashi collection, sold in the first of the two sales of his works of art (as opposed to works on paper), January 27th to February 1st 1902, lot 371
Beurdeley collection, possibly bought 9th June 1958, and sold Rheims, 26th October 1964, lot 145 (loose label inside)
MR4283
