Lot 539 Dα

A four-case inro. 19th century

Signed in an oval reserve on the base: Yamamoto Shunshi
In the shape of a bird cage on four short, stepped, red-lacquered feet with a flat top and a bow of silk cords. Behind the fine lattice bars, a pair of quails on one side, looking up to two tassels hanging above them, on the other side a further bird pecking. The base of the cage decorated with dense aogai inlays, in the centre a slightly sunken kinji panel each with a phoenix. Dense nashiji to the inside. A carnelian ojime.
Wrangham mentions this name for an artist from the 17th century, but this inro was made in the middle of the 19th century.
Height 7 cm