KOMA KORYU: A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH DOVES AT A SHINTO SHRINE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of tall cylindrical form, finely decorated in gold, silver, and iro-e takamaki-e, enriched with aogai and chiseled gold inlays, all set against a subtly textured black lacquer ground.
One side depicts a dove perched on a bird-feeder suspended from the eaves of a Shinto shrine at New Year, the season suggested by the blossoming plum tree nearby. The interior cases are finished in nashiji with rims of gold fundame. Signed to the underside KOMA KORYU saku [made by Koma Koryu] with a kakihan. With a silvered-metal ojime in form of a ribbed gourd.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gold, silver, and iro-e takamaki-e, enriched with aogai and chiseled gold inlays, all set against a subtly textured black lacquer ground
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 9.6 cm, LENGTH 4.3 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
- 200169271
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.