AFTER OGATA KŌRIN A Small Inlaid-Lacquer Three-Case Inrō Edo period...

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DRS. EDMUND AND JULIE LEWIS
AFTER OGATA KŌRIN
A Small Inlaid-Lacquer Three-Case Inrō
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Of rounded rectangular profile decorated in gold takamaki-e and inlays of shell and pewter with vines of ivy on a kinji ground, inscribed on the interior of the top case Seisei Kōrin; with a copper and silver ojime
2 3/8in (6cm) high
Provenance
W.W. Winkworth Collection
Edward Wrangham Collection, sold at Bonhams, London, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, November 9, 2010, lot 203

Exhibited and Illustrated
Treasures of the North at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 2000, no.10, p.232.