Koma Koryū Family
Inro with Orchids, early–mid 19th century
Maki-e gold lacquer on wood
Size 3¼ x 2¼ in. (7.7 x 5.5 cm)
T-4052
Further images
Four-case inrō (interlocking medicine case) of oval section with applied cord-runners, the cases and lid all lobed to create an undulating profile, decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e,...
Four-case inrō (interlocking medicine case) of oval section with applied cord-runners, the cases and lid all lobed to create an undulating profile, decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, fine gold kinpun, and kirigane against a polished black-lacquer background, each side depicting a flowering plant of the amaryllis family, perhaps kitsune-no-kamisori (“fox’s razor,” Lycoris sanguinea); the compartments and risers gold nashiji; the shoulders and rims gold fundame
Signed on the base with gold hiramaki-e characters Koma Koryū saku 古満巨柳作 (Made by Koma Koryū) with a kaō (artist’s monogram)
Signed on the base with gold hiramaki-e characters Koma Koryū saku 古満巨柳作 (Made by Koma Koryū) with a kaō (artist’s monogram)
Exhibitions
WAS 2019
TEFAF 2016