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3171 PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO
COLLECTION

3171
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
By the Kajikawa family, Edo period
(19th century)
The kinji ground decorated to either side
in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e
and kirigane with a waterfall cascading
over jagged cliffs bordered by clumps of
leafy bamboo, flowering cherry and stylized
pine trees, the interior gold nashiji, signed
Kajikawa saku with red urn-form seal Ei;
fitted with a coral bead ojime
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
$2,000 - 4,000

3172
A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
By the Kajikawa family, Edo period
(19th century)
The kinji ground decorated in gold and
silver hiramaki-e, gold takamaki-e, kirigane,
haritsuke kanagai and inlay of gold, silver
and mother-of-pearl with insects amid
flowering autumn plants and grasses, the
interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku with
a red urn-shaped seal Ei; fitted with a coral-
colored bead ojime
2 7/8in (7.2cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

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