A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOYUSAI (HARA YOYUSAI; 1769-1845)
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOYUSAI (HARA YOYUSAI; 1769-1845)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and nashiji on black ground with two workmen cleaning a great buddha (daibutsu), the ojime decorated in choshitsu (carved lacquer)
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1948
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent
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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOYUSAI (HARA YOYUSAI; 1769-1845)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and nashiji on black ground with two workmen cleaning a great buddha (daibutsu), the ojime decorated in choshitsu (carved lacquer)
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1948
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent