A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated to one side with a kyobako, the empty sutra box and cover left open on a beach, with crashing waves in the background, many seashells scattered over the sand and large pine trees to the side, the top with scrolling clouds, the continuous design rendered in gold, silver and red takamaki-e and nashiji on the black roiro lacquer ground, the base with a five-character signature reading Koma Kyuhaku saku, attached to a coral ojime, i7.7cm.

Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.