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A THREE-CASE INRO A TWO-CASE INRO
EDO PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
SIGNED ZESHIN SIGNED ZESHIN
蒔絵印籠、江戸時代、19世紀後期、銘 是真 蒔絵螺鈿印籠、江戸時代、19世紀、銘 是真
with a russet iron coloured ground decorated with two tsuba decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, sabiji and
in sabiji and takamaki-e and inlaid in silver and gold, the first a inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground with a plum branch,
sukashi tsuba pierced with a tori, the front with a mokkogata the reverse with pine and bamboo between bands of geometric
plate depicting Jurojin on a stag and attached hako netsuke design, black lacquer interiors, fundame rims
depicting Kanzan and Jittoku 8 cm, 3 in. high
6.8 cm, 2⅔ in. high 8.5 cm, 3⅜ in.
‡ £ 10,000-15,000 ‡ £ 10,000-15,000
€ 11,300-16,900 US$ 13,200-19,800 € 11,300-16,900 US$ 13,200-19,800

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