Lot 114 D‡α

A four-case inrô. Late 18th century

Displaying in iro-e togidashi a ferry boat with a large number of passengers including from right to left priests with hats, a bird catcher, a group of men and women, a sarumawashi, various men, a yamabushi, a courtier, a kotobure, a chasen seller, samurai and a priest, in the background rounded hills with blossoming cherry trees and falling petals. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Minor traces of use. A small amber ojime. An ivory netsuke of two monkeys on leaves. 18th century.
Height 6.7 cm; width 5.3 cm