Details
A Four-Case Lacquer Inro with Fans in a Stream
Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo period (late 18th – early 19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, heidatsu and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a kinfun-ji ground with three open fans in a stream, each fan depicting cranes and pine, sailing ships and the sun, and various mon amongst clematis and clouds, fundame interiors and risers
9 cm. long
Literature
Mike Dean et. al., Nihon no Shikki, Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition by M & H Dean, (Kyoto, 1984), no. 96
Barry Davies Oriental Art, Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin, The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, (London, 2002), p. 263-264, cat. no. 106
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