Shiomi Masanari Family 塩見政誠
Medicine Case with Lady Palm, early–mid 19th century
Size 3 2/4 x 1 3/4 in. (9.2 x 5 cm)
T-4050
Further images
Four-case saya inrō (interlocking medicine case within an outer container) of oval section with applied cord-runners, both the outer container and the inner cases decorated in gold togidashi maki-e with...
Four-case saya inrō (interlocking medicine case within an outer container) of oval section with applied cord-runners, both the outer container and the inner cases decorated in gold togidashi maki-e with fine gold hirame and gold kirikane against a polished black-lacquer ground, depicting shurochiku (lady palm, Rhapis humilis), the reverse of the inner cases with a “scholar’s” rock in Chinese taste; the compartments and risers of the inner cases gold nashiji, their shoulders and rims gold fundame; the interior of the outer container black lacquer
Signed on the base with a red seal-form signature Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠
Signed on the base with a red seal-form signature Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠