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SOMADA SCHOOL
A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rounded rectangular noiro-ruri ground
inlaid in shell, gold and silver foil with Daikoku
on one side standing beneath a shimenawa
(sacred rope) leaning over a wood bucket
filled with tama (jewels) and picking one out,
two rats scampering in front, a treasure sack
resting beside a young pine sapling on the
reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned,
with a Somada inlaid ojime and a wood
netsuke in the form of Hotei carrying his sack;
unsigned. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY780,000 - 970,000
US$5,200 - 6,500

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SHOKASAI AND SHIBAYAMA
A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Edo (1615-1868) period
or Meiji (1868-1912) era, mid/late 19th century
The rounded oval kinji ground decorated in
gold takamaki-e and applied with coral and
shell inlays depicting on one side a quail
beneath berried plants, a butterfly hovering
above, the design continuing on the reverse
with a locust, the interior of rich nashiji, signed
on the bottom case Shokasai and Shibayama
within a shell-inlaid rectangular reserve, with a
red-lacquered two-part manju netsuke carved
with foliage; unsigned. 8.1cm (3 3/8in) high.

£2,500 - 3,500
JPY490,000 - 680,000
US$3,300 - 4,600

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