YOYUSAI: A FINE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING SPARROWS AND BAMBOO
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
YOYUSAI: A FINE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO DEPICTING SPARROWS AND BAMBOO By Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845/6), signed Yoyusai 羊遊斎 saku 作 Japan, early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of upright rectangular form and oval section, bearing a lustrous kinji ground dusted with e-nashiji and richly decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e to depict a continuous scene of sparrows fluttering among lush bamboo trees.
Further sparrows perch on the elevated bamboo irrigation pipes, their posts delicately inlaid with gold kirigane, while others play and peck among the grass. Signed on the underside YOYUSAI saku [made by Yoyusai]. The interior cases of nashiji with gold fundame rims. Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845/6) lived in Edo and worked under the patronage of Lord Matsudaira, as documented by Edward A. Wrangham.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- lustrous kinji ground dusted with e-nashiji and richly decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 8.7 cm, LENGTH 6.1 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
- 200169266
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.