The tall rectangular body with rounded edges, lacquered and inlaid with an "inro" decorated with a bearded man with elaborate floral pattern robes on a mule, inset malachite "ojime", and a red lacquered lion seal-form "netsuke", all in gold and colored takamaki-e, all on a hirameji ground; gilt metal ring mounts in the form of radiating Daikoku hammers on two sides; nashiji interior; Japanese wood box.
L: 9 3/4 in., W: 7 7/8 in., H: 4 1/4 in.
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private collection, New York
The tall rectangular body with rounded edges, lacquered and inlaid with an "inro" decorated with a bearded man with elaborate floral pattern robes on a mule, inset malachite "ojime", and a red lacquered lion seal-form "netsuke", all in gold and colored takamaki-e, all on a hirameji ground; gilt metal ring mounts in the form of radiating Daikoku hammers on two sides; nashiji interior; Japanese wood box.
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private collection, New York