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A METAL SLEEVE INRO AND A TONKOTSU
meiji period (late 19th cnetury)
The soft metal single case contained within a shakudo and gilt sleeve pierced and inlaid in gilt with bats flying beside willow, soft metal ojime formed as a jar and a wood netsuke of a sleeping Shojo, signed Masakazu; a lacquer tonkotsu inlaid in silver wire with scrolling, stylized floral patterns, slightly chipped, soft metal ojime with peacock in relief and an ivory netsuke of a drunken man--3¼ and 3in. (8.2 and 7.5cm.) high (2)
meiji period (late 19th cnetury)
The soft metal single case contained within a shakudo and gilt sleeve pierced and inlaid in gilt with bats flying beside willow, soft metal ojime formed as a jar and a wood netsuke of a sleeping Shojo, signed Masakazu; a lacquer tonkotsu inlaid in silver wire with scrolling, stylized floral patterns, slightly chipped, soft metal ojime with peacock in relief and an ivory netsuke of a drunken man--3¼ and 3in. (8.2 and 7.5cm.) high (2)