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Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠 INRŌ WITH RABBITS 兎図蒔絵印籠 Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century
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Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century
An inrō with four interlocking cases and cover, of standard lenticular cross-section with straight sides, rounded corners, curved top and base, and integrated cord-runners, the roiro ground decorated in gold, silver, and coloured togidashi maki-e with a continuous design of three rabbits amid creepers, susuki, and other plants; the interior of gold fundame lacquer; agate ojime; shell netsuke of a resting rabbit
Signed on one side at lower left in seal-form red-lacquer characters Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠
The inrō: 9.2 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm (3 5/8 × 2½ × 5/8 in.)
The netsuke: 4.5 × 4.8 × 6 cm (1¾ × 1 7/8 × ¼ in.)
Fitted wooden storage box (2)
Provenance
Takei Morimasa Collection
Sotheby's London, 14 June 1972, lot no. 104
Sotheby's New York, 21 October 1991, lot no. 112
Published
Takei 1917, vol. 5, inrō-bako F (no. 6), inrō 13
An inrō with four interlocking cases and cover, of standard lenticular cross-section with straight sides, rounded corners, curved top and base, and integrated cord-runners, the roiro ground decorated in gold, silver, and coloured togidashi maki-e with a continuous design of three rabbits amid creepers, susuki, and other plants; the interior of gold fundame lacquer; agate ojime; shell netsuke of a resting rabbit
Signed on one side at lower left in seal-form red-lacquer characters Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠
The inrō: 9.2 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm (3 5/8 × 2½ × 5/8 in.)
The netsuke: 4.5 × 4.8 × 6 cm (1¾ × 1 7/8 × ¼ in.)
Fitted wooden storage box (2)
Provenance
Takei Morimasa Collection
Sotheby's London, 14 June 1972, lot no. 104
Sotheby's New York, 21 October 1991, lot no. 112
Published
Takei 1917, vol. 5, inrō-bako F (no. 6), inrō 13
Footnotes
Originally founded by Shiomi Masanari (1647–1722) in Kyoto and brought to Edo around the time of his death, the eponymous style of pictorial inrō remained popular there throughout the Edo period and into the Meiji era.