Lot 536 Dα

A small three-case inro. Second half 19th century

Signed: Zeshin (perhaps a work from his youth)
The himotôshi inside, jo and ge lightly curved. Grey-greeny shibuichi lacquer. A bird table with a straw roof in takabori with gold and elements in sabiji and red-brown lacquer, with birds at the house and two further on the reverse flying towards it over a rice bundle and a hoe. Shiny roiro to the inside, the edges in kinji. Tiger eye stone ojime.
Height 6.7 cm