THE SECOND SIGNED MOEI
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TWO FOUR-CASE INRO AND TWO FOUR-CASE RED LACQUERED INRO
The second signed Moei
The first of roironuri ground decorated in gold hiramakie, scattered hirame and aogai inlay with bamboo, nashiji interiors, with a green ojime, 18th Century, (some wear); the second a roironuri ground inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, gold kirigane and aogai with foliage, nashiji interiors, a carved nut ojime, signed Moei (Shigehide), 17th Century, (rubbed); the third carved with a Chinese sage and two karako under a willow tree within a shaped panel among stylized designs, the reverse similarly decorated with two sages with a fan and a karako, nashiji interiors, a red lacquered hako netsuke and a carved ojime, (slight cracks); and another guribori style inro lacquered in negoro style, a black lacquered ojime, both late 18th/early 19th Century, (chips, some old damage)
7.8cm., 7.5cm., 8.5cm. and 8.2cm. long respectively (4)
The second signed Moei
The first of roironuri ground decorated in gold hiramakie, scattered hirame and aogai inlay with bamboo, nashiji interiors, with a green ojime, 18th Century, (some wear); the second a roironuri ground inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, gold kirigane and aogai with foliage, nashiji interiors, a carved nut ojime, signed Moei (Shigehide), 17th Century, (rubbed); the third carved with a Chinese sage and two karako under a willow tree within a shaped panel among stylized designs, the reverse similarly decorated with two sages with a fan and a karako, nashiji interiors, a red lacquered hako netsuke and a carved ojime, (slight cracks); and another guribori style inro lacquered in negoro style, a black lacquered ojime, both late 18th/early 19th Century, (chips, some old damage)
7.8cm., 7.5cm., 8.5cm. and 8.2cm. long respectively (4)