An elegant chinkinbori five-case inrō by Chin’ei. 18th century

An elegant chinkinbori five-case inrō by Chin’ei. 18th century Signed Chin’ei 珍栄 in tensho characters Of narrow oblong shape bearing a glossy black lacquer ground, decorated with a jar-shaped basket filled with camellia, cherry blossom branches and wisteria in gold-rubbed chinkinbori. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Oval dent to the top. Inside the lid the paper label of the Greenfield Collection with the handwritten no. ‘84’ in red and a piece of paper typed (most probably by Greenfield): Five cases… Along with a wood ojime displaying a plant in applied gilt metal Height 10 cm; width 3.8 cm

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