EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE KOAMI CHOKO SAKU (NAGATAKA)

Details

A Three-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (19th century), with signature Koami Choko saku (Nagataka)
The slender inro decorated in gold, silver, red, brown and black takamaki-e with passengers in a ferry boat crossing the Sumida River near the Mimeguri Shrine, the clouds at the bottom of the scene with highlights in hirame, the clouds in the distance rendered in nashiji, the interiors lacquered nashiji; fitted with an ivory ojime of a monkey, wth signature Gyokusai
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long

Provenance

Edmund J. Lewis

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country

Lot Essay

Published:
Joe Earle and Edmund J. Lewis, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis, exh. cat. (Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996), pl. 43.

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