Lot 559 D‡α

A four-case inro. 19th century

Signed: Shokasai and Shibayama, alongside an inlaid mother-of-pearl reserve with the seal: Shibayama
Rounded. Kinji ground. In fine hiramakie with inlays, the faces and hands inlaid from finely engraved and darkly accentuated ivory, the god of luck Ebisu beside a large fish basket from which the tail of the fish looks out and Daikoku with a big sack and a lucky hammer on his back and a drum in both hands. Above them a rope with Shimenawa with Tanzaku in between and Tama under both gods. Nashiji to the inside. Ojime of wood.
Height 9 cm