Lot 515 Dα

A four-case inro. 18th century

Signed: Hoshin
Roiro. A budding and flowering plum branch in gold hirabis rakamakie with fine aogai inlays, flowers of abalone mother-of-pearl, a water pot filled to the brim for the welcome greeting standing on the sawn-off trunk, the bamboo ladle resting on the rim. Inside roiro and fundame. Manjû, of rounded square shape of black wood, decorated with stylized phoenix with curved wings, surrounded by stylized mother-of-pearl clouds. Black lacquered wooden bead as ojime.
Height 7.5 cm