Project Description
Exceptional 4-case gold lacquer inro with Shibayama inlay by Kakõsai
Inlaid on each side with a butterfly fluttering over dandelions and cyclamen. The inlays are predominantly shell in various colours, with some tortoise-shell and stained bone or ivory. The carving is exquisite and the lacquer is in pristine condition
Signed beneath: Kakōsai. Circa 1890
8.4 cm
With a two-part ivory manju with similar but less impressive inlays, signed Shibayama saku, and a lacquered ojime with engraved butterfly and applied gold flower
Information:
It is not obvious that the artist is the same as any one of the three associated with the name by Wrangham
MR1895
