A four case inro with a design of plovers flying above waves
circa 1870
A four case inro with a design of plovers flying above waves and jakago (gabions), the waves rendered in rich seigaiha against a seidonuri ground, with details in gold and red takamakie.
Signed in an oval reserve: Zeshin
Height: 5.6cm
With double storage boxes and brocade nunobukuro
Provenance:
Baron Takei Morimasa collection
Published:
Baron Takei Morimasa, Hana no masegaki, inro-fu zen hassatsu, 1917, vol. 5. Sec. 3, no. 4.