Details
Decorated in gold, silver, black and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kimpun, kirikane, and keuchi against a roiro ground, depicting three gardeners departing from a Torii gate, an autumn maple and pine tree entwined and overhanging, the reverse with a veranda of a nobleman's residence beside a further pine tree and cherry blossom, beneath clouds with details in kirikane, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims
9 cm. (3 5./8 in.) high
Literature
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Inro and Lacquer-ware from a Private Swedish Collection, (London, 1996), no.48, p. 48-49.
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