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A BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH DRUM DESIGN
By Shohosai, Iwami Province, 19th century
The roiro ground embellished with mura-nashiji, decorated with a
continuous design of a large gakudaiko dance drum, a bugaku dance
hat and drum-sticks behind an ornate outdoor curtain, in shades of
gold takamaki-e with details of gold foil and inlaid aogai, the interior
of rich nashiji and kinji lacquer; signed Iwami Shohosai (Shohosai of
Iwami) with a seal Tsune.
8.3cm (3¼in).
£2,000 - 2,500
JPY260,000 - 320,000
US$2,400 - 3,000

舞楽図蒔絵印籠 銘 「石見松甫齋」 19世紀
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1330.
Wrangham, TIIA, p.248.
Earle, Huthart, p.397, no.368.
According to E. Wrangham, Shohosai worked in the early part of the
19th century and made lacquer wares for Lord Kamei, the daimyo of
Tsuwano in Iwami Province.

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