An extremely rare Ryūkyū lacquer and leather single-case inrō. 17/18th century

An extremely rare Ryūkyū lacquer and leather single-case inrō. 17/18th century Of octagonal shape with nine brass (sentoku) loops for the cord, each side bearing an octagonal panel displaying figures on a terrace with a fence, rocks and pine tree, respectively deciduous trees, underneath billowing clouds, applied with irregularly cut pieces of aogai and gold and silver foil set into black putty (tsuisai), the background rendered with two types of stylised waves in thin gold hiramaki-e on a black ground. Fundame to the inside. Crack inside, where the two halves of the body are joined. Height 7.6 cm; width 7.1 cm

Estimate:£1,671.20

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