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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GYONIN ROKUJUGO SAI (AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE) TOYO
The rectangular inro decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and aogai with Moso, one of the Twenty-four paragons of filial piety, returning through deep snow with harvested bamboo shoots strapped to his back, on a roiro ground applied with gold and silver hirame, the reverse decorated with snow-laden bamboo in togidashi and with a matching ground, nashiji interiors and soft-metal ojime--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GYONIN ROKUJUGO SAI (AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE) TOYO
The rectangular inro decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and aogai with Moso, one of the Twenty-four paragons of filial piety, returning through deep snow with harvested bamboo shoots strapped to his back, on a roiro ground applied with gold and silver hirame, the reverse decorated with snow-laden bamboo in togidashi and with a matching ground, nashiji interiors and soft-metal ojime--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high