A yamimaki-e (black-on-black) lacquer four-case inro
By a member of the Kajikawa family, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered in black relief with two sparrows in flight among plum blossoms, the branches extending over the reverse, the interior with divided cases of rich nashiji; signed on the base in gold lacquer Kajikawa with a red tsubo-shaped seal. 7cm (2?in) high.
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Provenance:Georges Haviland Collection, no.123.Purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 7 June 1932.Ivan League Collection.
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Please note that the third name in the provenance should be Ivan Lepage and not that erroneously recorded in the catalogue.