λ THREE JAPANESE INRO AND A TORTOISE SHELL CIGARETTE CASE

Edo / Meiji period, 19th/20th century

Including a gilt lacquer four-case inrō painted with figures in a garden signed Senrensai, a four-case inrō decorated with four rats on a large white radish, daikon, and an oblong single-case inrō with a design of gourd vine issuing fruit and foliage, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and sealed to the base, and a gilt lacquer-decorated tortoiseshell cigarette case signed Eijusai kamehisa

12cm (4)

Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, purchased from a Denmark-based dealer in early 2000s.

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