KANSHOSAI TOYO: A FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING PEACOCKS AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
KANSHOSAI TOYO: A FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING PEACOCKS AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS Lineage of Kanshosai Toyo, signed Kanshosai 觀松齋 Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of upright rectangular form and oval section, bearing a luminous kinji ground, finely decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and gold hiramaki-e, some of the leaves enriched with gold foil, to depict a pair of peacocks, one perched upon the branch of a lush cherry tree, its majestic tail fanned and meticulously inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the other standing on the ground beside the same branch on the reverse.
The interior cases finished with nashiji and gold fundame. The bottom signed in gold hiramaki-e KANSHOSAI. With a globular lacquer ojime and an antler netsuke carved in the form of a two-tiered pavilion.
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gold and silver takamaki-e and gold hiramaki-e
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 8.3 cm, LENGTH 4.8 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 203483115
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.