A black-lacquer four-case inro

By Koma Kyuhaku, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century

By Koma Kyuhaku, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
The roiro ground finely decorated in gold, silver and iro-e togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of a daimyo's procession, the feudal lord mounted on a caparisoned horse and accompanied by a retinue of attendants, the samurai flanking the lord whilst servants follow behind, holding tasselled standards, those in front carrying boxes over their shoulders, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base in gold lacquer Kyuhaku with a kao. 8.3cm (3¼in) high.

Provenance:
J. C. Hawkshaw Collection.
Lt.Col. J. B. Gaskell Collection.
W. W. Winkworth Collection.
Ralph Harari Collection.
Charles A. Greenfield Collection.
Purchased at Sotheby's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 7.

Exhibited:
British Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915.

Published:
Henri L. Joly, and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: An Illustrated Record of the Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross in October-November 1915, London, Yamanaka, 1916, pl.XCIV, no.11.