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A FOUR‐CASE LACQUER INRO
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/20th
century
Decorated in shades of gold hiramaki-e on a black ground
sprinkled with hirame, with a peacock on a rock beneath a
cherry tree, the reverse with insects and autumn grasses, the
interior nashiji; fitted with a red-lacquer bead ojime carved with
flower blossoms and auspicious characters, and a lacquer
manju netsuke decorated with a lilly in gold hiramaki-e on a
hirame ground
3 1/2in (9cm) high

$800 - 1,200

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YUTOKUSAI GYOKKEI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1870)
A five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Bearing a roiro-nuri ground decorated with turtles in gold
takamaki-e, the interior cases nashiji, signed Yutokusai
Gyokkei and with the artist’s kao; fitted with a silver bead ojime
decorated with geometric patterns in gold hirazogan and an
ebony netsuke carved as a turtle, illegibily signed
3 3/8in (8.5cm) high
$3,000 - 4,000

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