THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Bamboo Blind Inro

Kyorinsai four case inro.

L15

A four case inro decorated in rich gold and silver hiramakie with flowering cherry seen against a large bamboo blind, among hazy mura-nashi-ji.

Signed: Hasegawa Kyorinsai
Provenance: Tomkinson collection
Published: Item 347 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
Dimensions: 8.4cm long x 5.4cm wide

Kyorinsai is one of the Go (art names) of Hasegawa Shigeyoshi II, a fine lacquer artist of the 19th century.

Ojime: Bronze ojime decorated in gold and various metals with flowering prunus.  

Japan, 18th century
Signed: Ryumin
Provenance: Christie's
Published: Item 347 (ojime) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Netsuke: Kagamibuta, the gold plate engraved with a blossoming tree in the rain.  (NL15) 
Japan, 19th century