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SIGNED KAKOSAI, EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Five-Case Inro [Medicine Case]
Signed Kakosai, Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
Oval with applied himotoshi; black and gold lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin, silver, black and red togidashi-e, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji, shoulders and rims gold fundame; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Kakosai; ceramic ojime with pine tree and bird design
Jurojin with cranes, pines and a karako by a stream
3 7/8 x 1 13/16in. (9.7 x 4.6cm.)
Signed Kakosai, Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
Oval with applied himotoshi; black and gold lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin, silver, black and red togidashi-e, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji, shoulders and rims gold fundame; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Kakosai; ceramic ojime with pine tree and bird design
Jurojin with cranes, pines and a karako by a stream
3 7/8 x 1 13/16in. (9.7 x 4.6cm.)
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection 81
Literature
Edward Gilbertson et. al., A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898), vol. 1, Inro section no. 81
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