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A LACQUERED AND INLAID
THREE-CASE INRO
Ritsuo style, Edo period (1615-1868),
late 18th/early 19th century
Decorated in gold and slight-coloured
takamaki-e with a pair of turtles on one side
and two quail pecking for seeds beneath
windswept stalks of millets on the other, the
bead-shaped cord runners of silvered metal,
the interior of plain wood; signed on the base
with an inlaid green ceramic seal Kan.
8cm (3 1/8in) high.
£3,500 - 4,500
JPY510,000 - 650,000
US$4,600 - 5,900

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AN INLAID SHIBUICHI THREE-CASE INRO
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in high relief of silver, gilt and
shakudo with a karako (Chinese boy) offering
a bowl of lotus to Kannon standing on wisps
of clouds on one side and a lotus plant and
flowers on a pond on the other, the interior
of silver; inscribed with chiselled characters
Toryusai within a gold rectangular reserve.
7.6cm (3in) high.

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 5,200

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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 21