Kanshōsai 観松斎
Inro with Magpie, early–mid 19th century
Maki-e gold lacquer on wood
Size 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (8.8 x 5.5 cm)
T-4055
Further images
Five-case inrō (interlocking medicine case) of oval section with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, gold kinpun, and kirigane, depicting a kasasagi (magpie) with a seed...
Five-case inrō (interlocking medicine case) of oval section with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, gold kinpun, and kirigane, depicting a kasasagi (magpie) with a seed in its beak perched on a rock above a river; the compartments and risers gold nashiji; the shoulders and rims gold fundame
Signed on the base with gold hiramaki-e characters Kanshōsai 観松斎 with a kaō (artist’s monogram)
Signed on the base with gold hiramaki-e characters Kanshōsai 観松斎 with a kaō (artist’s monogram)
Exhibitions
WAS 2019
TEFAF 2016