Ojime on a Tsuishu red lacquer inro

L14

Bronze ojime decorated in gold and various metals in the form of a nobleman.

Japan, 18th century
Signed: Unsigned
Provenance:  D. Wright
Published: Item 347 (netsuke) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen. And by E.A.Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.51.

See the Tsuishu Red Lacquer inro (L14) in the Japanese lacquer inro & boxes section.

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