Two lacquered-wood inro

One by Koma Kansai and one by Iizuka Toyo IV (Toshu), Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

One by Koma Kansai and one by Iizuka Toyo IV (Toshu), Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each lacquered in gold and slightly coloured takamaki-e, the first of upright form, containing five side drawers, decorated with a peacock and a peahen beside pine branches, signed Kansai; with a nut ojime inlaid in copper with a crab, signed Tenmin, 8cm (3 1/8in); the second a single-case inro of wide form, lacquered with a cock, hen and chick, the interior covered with clear lacquer, with a glass bead oijime, signed on the base Toshu with a kao, 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).

Provenance:
The first: Wrangham Collection, no.1884.
The second: Wrangham Collection, no.1040.
Both purchased from these rooms, 10 May 2011, lots 312 and 313 respectively.

Published:
The signature for the second inro: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Northumberland, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.309, Toshu(sai), centre.