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