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KAKOSAI SHOZAN (ACTIVE 19TH
CENTURY)
A five-case lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Decorated in several shades of gold takamaki-e,
hiramaki-e, and gold and brown togidashi maki-e
with highlights of hirame, with a landscape and a
fishing village, the interiors nashiji
4in (10.1cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
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MITSUKUNI (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A wood tonkotsu (tobacco box)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Of bee-hive form and carved with a troop of
monkeys descending on a fruiting peach tree,
some of the fruit inlaid in bone, mother-of-pearl,
and translucent horn, the monkey’s eyes inlaid in
dark horn, signed Mitsukuni
3in (7.6cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

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NOBUKATA (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A hardwood tonkotsu (tobacco box)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Finely carved as a turtle, its head, legs, and tail
withdrawn into its shell in a compact design, the surface
details incised to resemble the animal’s pebbly skin and
shell, the shell hinged on the side, signed Nobukata;
fitted with a large hardstone ojime and a large wood
netsuke of a crouching hare, signed Masakazu
5 1/2in (13.9cm) long

$3,000 - 4,000

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