A Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro

BY TSUCHIDA SOETSU, 18TH CENTURY

銘「土田宗悦」
the vertical rectangular inro decorated with a mother-of-pearl inlaid male figure riding on a black lacquered donkey, all reserved on a gold lacquered ground, the interior of nashiji lacquer, signed Tsuchida Soetsu on the underside, together with a wood rabbit-form ojime.

Length 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

In overall good stable condition, with some surface scratches and rubbing to the gilding. The top two cases with old adhesive residue at the reverse, that has largely been removed. Expected wear between the cases associated with normal use. The ojime signed 民樂 Minraku.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play

A Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro

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