Three lacquer inro


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first a black-lacquer inro of six cases, devoid of decoration, the cord runners of gold lacquer inlaid with kirikane and the interior of nashiji, unsigned, 9.5cm (3¾in) high; the second a four-case inro bearing a shibuichi-nuri ground lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a plum tree in Rinpa style, after a design by Ogata Korin and Sakai Hoitsu, the interior of matt gold lacquer, inscribed Hokyo Korin and Hoitsu utsusu[...], signed on the base Kyokusai with seal, 7.6cm (3in) high; and the third a miniature single-case inro lacquered on the grey ground with the helmet of Kagesue, plum blossom and a broken arrow, signed Kajikawa Tomohide with kao with a lacquered wood manju, 3.8cm (1½in) high. (3).
|ProvenanceW. W. Winkworth collection.Carlo Monzino collection.