A very fine six-case inrō by Iizuka Tōyō I. Late 18th century, around 1780

A very fine six-case inrō by Iizuka Tōyō I. Late 18th century, around 1780 Signed Tōyō 桃葉 with kaō Of standard oblong shape bearing a black ground lightly sprinkled with kinpun, decorated with a pheasant with puffed plumage seated on the thick branch of flowering plum tree in winter, the reverse bearing the inscription reading ‘Hakugyokusai hōgen Eisen Fuji[wara] Sukenobu’ and red lacquer seal Hakugyokusai, lacquered in gold and iroe-togidashi, hiramaki-e and red lacquer. Red lacquer and fundame to the inside. Top lid does not open. Inside the paper label of the Greenfield Collection with the handwritten no. ‘98’ in red. Copper ojime in shape of two quails looking into opposite directions. Height 7.8 cm; width 4.6 cm

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