Somada school four-case lacquer inro
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
One side is centered by a lobed reserve enclosing falling maple leaves rendered in gold, silver, and red hiramaki-e against a densely inlaid floral ground. The reverse depicts a suzumushi, or bell cricket, in gold and black takamaki-e on a similarly enriched ground.
The rims and cord runners are bordered with a checkerboard pattern, while the top and base are decorated with interlocking medallions of stylized blossoms. The interiors are lacquered in nashiji with gold fundame rims. Signed underneath within a gold-lacquer reserve SOMADA saku [made by Somada].
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- minute inlays of iridescent shell and kirigane
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 8.6 cm, LENGTH 4.5 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
- 205635854
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.