Project Description
Single Case Black Lacquered Wood Inro Imitating a Used Ink Cake, Follower of Shibata Zeshin
Carved in relief on one side with a standing tiger, rocks and bamboo, its head raised and turned back as it sniffs the air for prey, the reverse with a dragon among clouds in similar style, the interior is of black lacquer and the external cord runners are silver rings
Unsigned. Late 19th century
9.1 cm
Provenance:
Harriet Szechenyi, her sale at Bonhams London, 8th November 2011, lot 264
Jacques Carré
Information:
A very similar example was in the collection of Baron Takei Morimasa, no. 7C5
MR4096
