Lot 35
Two carved red-lacquer inro One by Shin'yu, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
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5 November 2020, 11:00 GMT
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One by Shin'yu, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
Both carved in relief, the first oval and of two cases, with a continuous scene depicting a Dutchman making a presentation to a general whilst soldiers prepare for battle beneath spreading pine branches among clouds, on a carved diaper ground, the interior of black lacquer, signed on the base in a double rectangular cartouche Eiki no konomi, Shin'yu, (Made by Shin'yu to the order of Eiki); with a red-lacquer ashtray netsuke carved in relief with auspicious characters in tensho script on a formalised wave ground, 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high; the second of four cases, carved with a dragon among clouds on one side and a bird perched among peonies on the other, with a red-lacquer rectangular netsuke in the form of a Chinese table, carved on the top with a karako (Chinese boy) rolling a snowball, unsigned, with a carved red-lacquer ojime; 7cm (2¾in) high. (2).
Both carved in relief, the first oval and of two cases, with a continuous scene depicting a Dutchman making a presentation to a general whilst soldiers prepare for battle beneath spreading pine branches among clouds, on a carved diaper ground, the interior of black lacquer, signed on the base in a double rectangular cartouche Eiki no konomi, Shin'yu, (Made by Shin'yu to the order of Eiki); with a red-lacquer ashtray netsuke carved in relief with auspicious characters in tensho script on a formalised wave ground, 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high; the second of four cases, carved with a dragon among clouds on one side and a bird perched among peonies on the other, with a red-lacquer rectangular netsuke in the form of a Chinese table, carved on the top with a karako (Chinese boy) rolling a snowball, unsigned, with a carved red-lacquer ojime; 7cm (2¾in) high. (2).
Footnotes
Provenance:
The first: Edward Wrangham Collection no.2020.
Purchased from these rooms, 6 November 2013, lot 286.
Published:
E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Northumberland, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.243, Shin'yu.
Saleroom notices
Please note that the Wrangham collection number belonging to the first inro is 2030 and not 2020 as catalogued.