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TWO TSUIKOKU-STYLE INRO AND A
FOUR-CASE TSUISHU-STYLE INRO
The first by Zonsei, Edo period (1615-
1868), 18th/19th century
Comprising a black-lacquer inro carved
with two panels containing a retreat in a
mountainous landscape and scholars in a
bamboo grove, the surrounding area with
clouds and stylized dragons, signed Zonsei
saku; fitted with an amber bead ojime; a
black-lacquer inro carved with scholars
in mountainous landscapes, the top and
bottom cases with clouds and waves; fitted
with a carved fruit-nut ojime; a large red-
lacquer inro carved with dragons in clouds
against a ground of wave patterns; fitted with
a red-lacquer ojime carved with peonies
3 3/8in (8.4cm) high, the largest
US$1,500 - 2,500

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A TSUISHU LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
AND A WOOD THREE-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first carved in low and sunken relief
1060 with a gathering of scholars in a landscape
framed by clouds, the ground carved with
a tight lozenge pattern, the interiors nashiji;
fitted with a reticulated wood bead ojime
and an en suite hako netsuke carved with
two scholars; the second carved in dark
wood in relief with monkeys hanging from
a pine tree to grasp the reflection of the
moon in a stream below; fitted with a wood
ojime carved as a monkey, and a dark wood
netsuke carved with a Chinese scholar
3 5/8in (9.2cm) high, the largest

US$1,200 - 1,800

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