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A GOLD-LACQUER SHIBAYAMA-INLAID THREE-CASE INRO
The inro by Nemoto and the netsuke by Homei/Yasuaki,
both Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The flattened compressed body in the form of a kinchaku, lavishly
decorated in typical Shibayama style in gold togidashi maki-e, kirikane
and shell inlay with two fantastical, humorous scenes depicting an
oni in a garden of flowering autumn plants and flowers holding his
shumoku (wood hammer) umpiring a tug-of-war game between two
frogs, one rabbit, a monkey and a rat on one side and two temple
servants running for shelter frightened off by a man brandishing a large
Tengu mask beneath a flowering maple tree, the interior of rich nashiji,
signed on the base Nemoto zo within two silvered-metal rectangular
reserves, with a silver-lacquer cylindrical ojime decorated with a
chequered design; and an ivory netsuke of a seated No play narrator
holding a fan, signed Homei/Yasuaki with a seal Kodama.
The inro: 6.7cm x 9cm (2 5/8in x 3½in);
the netsuke: 2.7cm (1 1/16in) high.

£10,000 - 15,000
JPY1,500,000 - 2,200,000
US$13,000 - 20,000

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