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A TWO-CASE SHIBUICHI INRO AND A
SILVER FILIGREE ONE-CASE INRO
The first by Naotsugu, Edo period (1615-
1868), 19th century
The small inro decorated with a clam
breathing out a cloud containing a Chinese
palace, the reverse with a pine tree by a
shore line and plovers in flight, all in iro-e
takazogan, hirazogan and katakiri-bori,
signed on a rectangular silver reserve
Naotsugu; fitted with a copper ojime formed
as a court cap decorated with family crests
in shakudo hirazogan; the rectangular silver
inro pierce-carved with flowering vines and
applied with a circular roundel carved with
Jo and Uba in kebori; fitted with a silver bead
ojime and a cloisonné enamel kagamibuta
netsuke decorated with flower heads, set 1062
into a marine ivory bowl
1 1/2in (3.8cm) high, the largest
US$1,200 - 1,800

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SEVEN ASSORTED TABAKO-IRE
(TOBACCO POUCHES)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/20th century
Comprising a textured leather pouch finished
to resemble woven work, with a shakudo
clasp with a dancing fox in grasses in
iro-e takazogan, signed on the back plate
Minryuken Kikuoka Mitsuyuki and with a kao;
a brocade pouch with floral designs and a
gilt and copper clasp formed as a branch
of berries, shakudo tsuchimeji back plate; a
textured leather pouch with a large shakudo
and gilt dragon clasp, illegibly signed on the
back plate; a large textured leather pouch
with a “Dutch leather” front and a shakudo
and gilt clasp formed as a feather fan; a
leather pouch with a large clasp formed as
Ariwara no Narihira on horseback with an
attendant in iro-e takazogan, the back plate
with Mount Fuji in kebori; a woven pouch
with a copper and enamel clasp formed
as an elephant, the shakudo back plate in
elephant shape; a leather pouch with a silver
clasp formed as a calabash, the silver back
plate finished to resemble stone
6 1/8in (15.5cm) wide, the largest
US$800 - 1,200

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