Details
Comprising a large two-case inro in Rimpa style decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and lead with three figures in a rowing boat on a dark brown lacquer ground; a three-case inro decorated in takamaki-e and nashiji and inlaid with mother-of-pearl with a figure near a wheel-cart on a blackish-brown lacquer ground; a three-case inro decorated in gold chinkinoru and red hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with flowers on a blackish-brown lacquer ground; a four-case inro decorated in gold tokidashi and red and black lacquer and inlaid in mother-of-pearl with fishing nets; and a four-case inro decorated with gold hiramaki-e and nashiji with a mother-of-pearl and lead design on a mottled brown lacquer ground
The largest, 4⅛ in. (10.5 cm.) high


Provenance
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
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