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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 image 1
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 image 2
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 image 3
Lot 14*

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

10 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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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
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.

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