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The Mike and Hiroko Dean Collection
A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Karashishi [Lion Dog] and Dragon
Edo period (18th century)
Details
A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Karashishi [Lion Dog] and Dragon
Edo period (18th century)
Decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid in gold and shibuichi on a black ground, depicting a karashishi with inlaid glass eyes lying on a cliff to one side and a dragon amongst scrolling clouds to the other, both bordered by tsuishu [carved red lacquer] with stylised flowers, fundame interiors and risers, attached tsuishu netsuke in the form of a plum flowerhead decorated with a Chinese figure on a boat, a bead ojime
6.9 cm. long
Edo period (18th century)
Decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid in gold and shibuichi on a black ground, depicting a karashishi with inlaid glass eyes lying on a cliff to one side and a dragon amongst scrolling clouds to the other, both bordered by tsuishu [carved red lacquer] with stylised flowers, fundame interiors and risers, attached tsuishu netsuke in the form of a plum flowerhead decorated with a Chinese figure on a boat, a bead ojime
6.9 cm. long
Provenance
E. Gilbertson Collection
H. C. Clifford Collection, sold 1947
G. G. Davies Collection, sold 1949
H. C. Clifford Collection, sold 1947
G. G. Davies Collection, sold 1949
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Anastasia von Seibold