Rinsendo School
A shibuichi kogai
Rinsendo School, 18th century
Inlaid in sumie honzogan with a crow on an engraved withered branch while another flies past, the design continued on the reverse, signed Rinsendo Mitsumasa with inlaid gold seal Mitsumasa.
FOOTNOTES
笄 鴉 銘「臨川堂充正 充昌(方印)」 18世紀

Provenance: F.J. Peplow collection.
McNair Scott collection.
Clement Milward collection, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1961.

For the maker, see Haynes, Index, no.H 05268.