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TWO THREE-CASE WOOD INRO AND
A SMALL RECTANGULAR WOOD
TONKOTSU (TOBACCO BOX)
The third by Tounsai Toshinao, Meiji
(1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
19th/20th century
The small rectangular tonkotsu decorated
in inlaid shell, lacquer and wire with plovers
in flight over waves, a rising sun, and the
Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks) of Ise; the first
inro carved in relief with panels containing
Chinese scholars; the second inro carved
with Shiba Onko breaking a large jar with a
rock, and his companion tumbling out in a
torrent of water, signed Toun
3 1/4in (8.3cm) high, the largest

US$1,500 - 2,500
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THREE WOOD TONKOTSU (TOBACCO
BOXES)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th century
1046 Comprising a box with a hinged cover
decorated with blossoming autumn plants
in takabori, with a large wood chestnut
netsuke fastened by a chain of floral links;
a box of oval section carved in high relief
with a writhing dragon against a ground
of geometric design, with a carved fruit-
nut ojime; a large box carved to simulate
a leather tobacco pouch decorated with a
shishi in peonies and a phoenix in paulownia,
the shakudo beast-mask “clasp” carved in
ebony with gilt eyes
7 3/4in (19.7cm) high, the largest
US$1,800 - 2,500

Provenance
Bluette H. Kirchoff Collection, sold these
Rooms, The Bluette H. Kirchoff Collection
of Netsuke and Sagemono, September 16,
2009, lot 2228 (first only)

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