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