A large Shibayama-inlaid five-case inrō by Inoue Hakusai and the Shibayama

A large Shibayama-inlaid five-case inrō by Inoue Hakusai and the Shibayama workshop. 19th century Signed Inoue Hakusai shitsu 井上白斎漆 and Shibayama 柴山 on an inlaid mother-of-pearl tablet Of large elongated shape bearing a black lacquer ground with very fine kinpun, decorated with two round panels placed around the cord channels and reserved from a karakusa ground, one panel displays a hanging basket with peonies, wisteria and cherry blossom branches on a kinji ground, the other a bird of prey on a perch next to a blossoming plum tree on shibuichi-coloured ground, in very fine inlays of mother-of-pearl, coral, green stone, horn, metal wire and brown lacquer, the karakusa lacquered in takamaki-e. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Height 10.2 cm; width 5.2 cm

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