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                                                             A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUER INRO
                                                             19th century
                                                             Variously decorated in gold, coloured lacquer and mother-of-pearl
                                                             with dragonflies, a multitude of cranes in flight, an exotic bird on a
                                                             riverbank amongst flowering peonies and a heron perched on a pole
                                                             before a moored boat and grasses.
                                                             The largest 9.5cm (3.3/4in) long. (4).

                                                             £1,500 - 2,000
                                                             HK$16,000 - 21,000
                                                             CNY14,000 - 18,000













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           A GROUP OF LACQUER AND LACQUERED BAMBOO INRO
           19th century
           Finely and variously decorated with flocks of cranes on a nashiji
           ground, attached ivory netsuke; two rabbits, the reverse with a
           crescent moon; ducks swimming amongst swirling waters; and
           scattered chrysanthemum flowerheads.
           The largest 9cm (3.1/2in) long. (4).

           £1,500 - 2,000
           HK$16,000 - 21,000
           CNY14,000 - 18,000




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                                                             371
                                                             TWO KOMAI INLAID IRON CASES AND A KOMAI STYLE CASE
                                                             Meiji Period
                                                             Of rounded rectangular form, the first with a group of egrets amongst
                                                             reeds, the reverse with six butterflies; the second with a scene of a
                                                             riverside village, the reverse with a monogram, both signed on the
                                                             base with seal Nihonkoku Kyoto no ju Komai sei beneath a dragonfly;
                                                             the third with a central panel of a riverside scene to the front, and
                                                             peacocks amongst peonies to the reverse, on a dense foliate ground
                                                             with scattered mon.
                                                             The longest 12.2cm (4.7/8in). (3).
                                                             £1,000 - 1,500
                                                             HK$11,000 - 16,000
                                                             CNY9,100 - 14,000

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