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AGROUP OF SIX ASSORTED INRO
Edo period (1651-1868), 19th century
Comprising: a two-case wood inro decorated in ceramic inlay and
gold and silver hiramaki-e with a frog and a spider in a web and a
poem, with two red seals; an unusual cylindrical three-case lacquer
inro decorated with a spider in a web in stalks of bamboo in gold
takamaki-e and black hiramaki-e, the interior cases nashiji; a four-
case lacquer inro decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and
togidashi-e with highlights of hirame and kinpun with a figure nodding
off by a stream in the landscape, nashiji interiors; a four-case lacquer
inro decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, hirame, and
e-nashiji with a rocky landscape and crashing waterfall; a four-case
lacquer inro decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a roiro-nuri ground with
a landscape and a bridge, with nashiji interiors, signed Yoyusai and
with a kao; a three-case lacquer inro decorated in iro-e takamaki-e
and hirame on a red-lacquer ground with a rabbit riding a fox,
pursued by a monkey riding a stag, the interiors nashiji (6)
4 3/4in (12.1cm) high, the largest
$2,500 - 3,500

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