Round-shaped inrō of two compartments, with a plastic dragon on one side and a tiger on the other, both imitating metalwork, with round, openwork ojime

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.361.1-2
Type: object for daily use
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
18. század második fele
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Signed: Kanshōsai / 観松斎 and Tōyō / 桃葉
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer (maki-e)
Dimensions: Inrō height: 1.8 cm; D: 6.6 cm; ojime D: 1.2 cm
Purchased from art dealer Géber in 1950. In 1929 it belonged to Emil Delmár (Kat. 1929, 97, lot 775.)

Literature, objects with same signature:
村田 理如 [Murata Masayuki], 『研出し蒔絵の印籠: 色絵と墨絵』 /Togidashi inro: Iroe and sumie, (骨董「緑青」, Vol.39)Kyoto,マリア書房, 2009., 8, 65, 66, 67, 78.
村田 理如 [Murata Masayuki],『印籠名品集: 清水三年坂美術館コレクション』 / Inro masterpieces. The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum Collection. Kyoto, 淡交社, 2011.