Project Description
Small Three-case Gold Lacquer Inro Ensemble with Insects and Autumn Plants by Tōshi (Iizuka Tōyō III)
Decorated with two insects amongst autumn plants, their wings remarkable for being in silver and gold moume lacquer, while details of the plants are also in silver . Atttached to a two part lacquer manju with two fireflies and a lily, the rims of pewter
The inro signed tōshi byō [sprinkled] with kaō and inscribed eisen’in ga with a seal. The manju signed Tōshi with kaō. Early 19th century
The inro 5.7 cm, the diameter of the manju 3.7 cm
MR4807
