Project Description

Three case Black Lacquer Inro with Carp by Tomoyoshi

Decorated over a sparse roiro-nashiji ground with a carp on each side inlaid in tortoise-shell

Signed Tomoyoshi (Chogi/Chobei). Circa 1850

7.3 cm

Mixed metal spherical ojime

Information:

An old loose slip inside compares with an inro in the Behrens collection, no. 676, illustrated on plate XXXV of the Joly catalogue

MR3459