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A GOLD- AND BLACK-LACQUER A BLACK-LACQUER
FOUR-CASE INRO FIVE-CASE INRO
By Shiomi Masanari, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of circular form, decorated with
Of wide form, one side of roiro, medallions of the 12 animals of the
decorated with two herons wading East-Asian zodiac, six on each side, in
among reeds, in gold and silver kuromaki-e (black-on-black lacquer relief),
togidashi maki-e, the reverse of matt the sides with scrolling foliage in gold
gold lacquer, lacquered with a large hiramaki-e, the interior of nashiji and kinji,
crow in black togidashi maki-e, the unsigned; with a wood netsuke of a tiger
interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed seated on a base, its eyes of mother-of-
Shiomi Masanari hitsu with seal; with a pearl; and a carnelian ojime.
wood netsuke of an Okina mask signed 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.
in a sunken reserve Toshi [..]; and a
multi-coloured glass ojime. £2,000 - 3,000
7.6cm (3in) high. JPY300,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 4,000
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000 Provenance
US$1,100 - 1,600 Charles A. Greenfield collection, no.224.

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The inro Japan House Gallery,
New York, 1972, catalogue no.117. FINE JAPANESE ART | 29

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