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A GOLD-LACQUER SHIBAYAMA-INLAID THREE-CASE INRO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The vertical octagonal-sided body with a kinji ground decorated in gold
takamaki-e, e-nashiji, coloured gold hiramaki-e and typical Shibayama
inlay with an old woman carrying her grandson on her back in front
of a large statue of Enma-o, a large lantern inscribed Man’ninko chu
(Buddhist sermon for the masses in progress) suspended above in the
right corner, the reverse similarly inlaid with a mother teaching her child
how to spin a mawari-toro (rotating cylindrical shadow lantern) showing
a silhouette of boar hunters on horseback, the sides, top and base of
okibirame, the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned; with a gold-lacquer two-
part manju netsuke embellished with flower arrangment in a vase and
stalks of cut irises on a tray in the foreground, signed in a red-lacquer
rectangular reserve Shibayama and a cloisonné-enamel ojime, unsigned.
10cm x 7.5cm (4in x 3in).

£6,000 - 7,000
JPY830,000 - 970,000
US$7,400 - 8,700

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