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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai and shibayama
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, kirigane and inlaid ivory with Choryo crossing a bridge on horseback over a river with a fierce dragon swimming within, the reverse with Kosekiko on a rocky bank, presenting the slipper he has rescued from the water, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a gilt soft metal ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft metal plate with a relieved scene of a boy playing a koto--3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai and shibayama
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, kirigane and inlaid ivory with Choryo crossing a bridge on horseback over a river with a fierce dragon swimming within, the reverse with Kosekiko on a rocky bank, presenting the slipper he has rescued from the water, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a gilt soft metal ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft metal plate with a relieved scene of a boy playing a koto--3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high