INAGAWA SENRYU: A FINE TOGIDASHI LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING A SCENE FROM THE TALE OF GENJI
INAGAWA SENRYU: A FINE TOGIDASHI LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING A SCENE FROM THE TALE OF GENJI
By Inagawa Senryu, signed Senryu 千流 saku 作 with tsubo seal Nakaharu 仲春
Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The wide-bodied three-case inro of oval section, bearing a kinji ground, finely decorated in superb togidashi-e with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as sumi-e togidashi, to depict a scene from the tale of Genji. Prince Genji is shown with his hand resting on a kyosoku (armrest) as he lazily admires a tsuitate screen in the distance, the darkness ascending, the moon visible behind clouds to the top case, a seated attendant waits on him. The temple is sparsely furnished, spare a lamp and a Kano school screen painted with horses. The sliding doors of the temple further decorated with towering paintings worked in sumi-togidashi and illustrating rocky landscapes. Signed to the underside SENRYU saku (made by Senryu) with a red lacquer red pot (tsubo) seal NAKAHARU. The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame rims.
With a glass ojime and an 18th-century wood netsuke depicting a man fast asleep on a tea grinder.
HEIGHT 7.2, LENGTH 7.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Minor rubbing to lacquer to the bottom edge. The netsuke with typical old wear.
Provenance: From a private collection in Geneva, Switzerland, purchased at Curio Shop, Zenta Shoundo Co., Ltd., Kyoto. The tomobako enclosed with a business card from Curio Shop, a letter detailing the process of making lacquer ware, and another describing the techniques used on the present lot.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related lacquer inro by the same artist, also signed Senryu with red pot seal Nakaharu, at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part II, 10 May 2011, London, lot 212 (sold for GBP 9,000).
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INAGAWA SENRYU: A FINE TOGIDASHI LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING A SCENE FROM THE TALE OF GENJI
By Inagawa Senryu, signed Senryu 千流 saku 作 with tsubo seal Nakaharu 仲春
Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The wide-bodied three-case inro of oval section, bearing a kinji ground, finely decorated in superb togidashi-e with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as sumi-e togidashi, to depict a scene from the tale of Genji. Prince Genji is shown with his hand resting on a kyosoku (armrest) as he lazily admires a tsuitate screen in the distance, the darkness ascending, the moon visible behind clouds to the top case, a seated attendant waits on him. The temple is sparsely furnished, spare a lamp and a Kano school screen painted with horses. The sliding doors of the temple further decorated with towering paintings worked in sumi-togidashi and illustrating rocky landscapes. Signed to the underside SENRYU saku (made by Senryu) with a red lacquer red pot (tsubo) seal NAKAHARU. The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame rims.
With a glass ojime and an 18th-century wood netsuke depicting a man fast asleep on a tea grinder.
HEIGHT 7.2, LENGTH 7.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Minor rubbing to lacquer to the bottom edge. The netsuke with typical old wear.
Provenance: From a private collection in Geneva, Switzerland, purchased at Curio Shop, Zenta Shoundo Co., Ltd., Kyoto. The tomobako enclosed with a business card from Curio Shop, a letter detailing the process of making lacquer ware, and another describing the techniques used on the present lot.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related lacquer inro by the same artist, also signed Senryu with red pot seal Nakaharu, at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part II, 10 May 2011, London, lot 212 (sold for GBP 9,000).
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