Description A Mixed-Metal Inlaid Gold and Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro
BY HOGYOKU, 19TH CENTURY
銘「法玉」19世紀
the rich roiro ground lacquered in gold takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane, showing a continuous outdoor scene with a house besides rockery between bamboo, blossoming prunus trees and fruiting peach trees, inlaid with mix-metal twelve zodiac, the interior of nashiji, inscribed on an inlaid mother-of-pearl tablet Hogyoku; with a red glass ojimi.
Length 3 in., 7.5 cm.
Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois
Condition Report Missing two zodiac figures
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