Lot 355 Dα

A five-case inro by Koma Koryu. 19th century

Displaying on both side evening strollers in silhouette along an embankment with posts under a full moon in togidashi on a black ground with finely graduated nashiji, a woman carries a cricket cage, a boy holds a long pole with a red lantern hanging from it, three bats in the sky and clouds passing by the moon. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Signed Koma Koryu saku with kao in red lacquer. Metal ojime with patterns in gold and silver.
Height 9.7 cm; width 5 cm