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A WIDE BLACK-LACQUER
TWO-CASE INRO
By Yamaguchi Nobuyasu,
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The roiro ground decorated with a continuous
design of three attendants in gold and
coloured lacquer with details of mother-of-
pearl, the interior of black lacquer, signed
nana juyu-o (70-odd years old) Yamaguchi
Nobuyasu kore o tsukuru with a seal;
with a glass ojime. 7.6cm (3in) wide.

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

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A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
By Shiomi Masanari, Edo period (1615-1868),
late 18th/early 19th century
The fundame ground lacquered with a
monkey seated grooming its young which
sits at its feet, a leafy nanten (nandina) branch
on the reverse, in brown and grey togidashi 134
maki-e with red lacquer details, the interior of
nashiji, signed on the side in seal form Shiomi
Masanari; with a coral ojime.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY380,000 - 450,000
US$3,500 - 4,200

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A RED-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
By Kanshosai Toyo, Edo period (1615-1868),
mid 19th century
The red ground decorated in gold and silver
takamaki-e, kirikane and mura-nashiji with five
small birds perched in a row on a trailing leafy
branch, the design extending on the reverse,
the interior of dense nashiji, signed Kanshosai
with a kao; with a porcelain netsuke in the
form of a sparrow and a glass ojime, both
unsigned; with a wooden storage box.
8.1cm (3¼in) high. (2).

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY380,000 - 450,000
US$3,500 - 4,200

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