A four-case inrô. First half 20th century - image-1

Lot 1386 Dα

A four-case inrô. First half 20th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 4.800 € - 5.200 €
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A four-case inrô. First half 20th century

A four-case inrô displaying a monkey climbing up a spider's web on one side, and its mate and young gesticulating on the ground underneath a fruit bearing peach tree on the reverse, in gold makie, red lacquer and kirikane on a kinji ground, nashiji to the interior, signed Shiken Shôzan saku. First half 20th century.
Height 9.3 cm

Takano Shôzan (1889-1976) is one of the most important makie artists of the 20th century. He received the title of Keeper of Intangible Cultural Property in 1955.

Provenance

Eskenazi, London, sold 1988
E. A. Wrangham, Northumberland (collection no. 1903)

Literature

The Index of Inrô Artists, Alnwick 1995, p. 259 (mentioned in the text and illustration of the signature)