Project Description
Seal Case Inro with Inlaid Fish by Nomura Chohei (active 1760-1810)
The edges with simulated fabric in lacquer surrounding a panel on either side inlaid with fish in takamakie and raden inlay. The interior has a fitted deep tray, its sides, like the risers, decorated in togidashi
Signed in seal form on the side. Circa 1800
7.1 cm
Provenance:
Spink, 1975
Information:
The seal may be one reproduced in Wrangham’s Index of Inrō Artists
MR3201