TWO JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL AND LACQUER INRO

TWO JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL AND LACQUER INRO

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The first a three-case inro in Somada style, decorated to one side with a leaping tiger under bamboo, the reverse with a pavilion by a waterfall in a mountainous landscape, with diaper designs to the sides; the other a four-case inro with a house to one side and a man riding an elephant to the reverse, with details in gold and silver lacquer and mother of pearl inlays, 7.9cm and 9cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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