A very refined five-case inrō by Shirayama Shōsai (1853—1923). Early

A very refined five-case inrō by Shirayama Shōsai (1853—1923). Early 20th century Signed Shōsai 松哉 with kaō inside the lid In shape of a flat bamboo stalk with a single internode bearing on one side a beige-coloured ground imitating goma-dake and on the other a dark brown ground imitating suzu-dake, decorated with a crawling spider, the top and bottom imitating bamboo nodes, divided into halves with gold and silver hiramaki-e, the goma markings lacquered in black, the spider rendered in matt black lacquer to imitate metal. Fundame to the inside. The inside bearing the paper label of the Greenfield Collection with the handwritten no. ‘251’ in red. Height 7.5 cm; width 3.8 cm

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