Lot 260
A lacquer four-case inro By Koma Yasutada, 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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By Koma Yasutada, 19th century
The mura-nashiji ground decorated in gold and iroe takamakie, one side with a sparrow perched on the snow-laden side of a stook, with a large, wind-blown flowering peony inlaid in mother-of-pearl and bud growing in front of the stalks of grain, the reverse with three other sparrows playfully in flight, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Yasutada saku; with black lacquer ojime carved with circular indentations, unsigned. 8.9cm (3½in).
The mura-nashiji ground decorated in gold and iroe takamakie, one side with a sparrow perched on the snow-laden side of a stook, with a large, wind-blown flowering peony inlaid in mother-of-pearl and bud growing in front of the stalks of grain, the reverse with three other sparrows playfully in flight, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Yasutada saku; with black lacquer ojime carved with circular indentations, unsigned. 8.9cm (3½in).
Footnotes
寒牡丹に燕図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 「古満安匡作」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased from Christie's, London, 1981.
Wrangham collection, no.1559.
