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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed koma kansai
Of oval section lacquered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a bamboo thicket and bands of encircling clouds on a brown lacquer ground embellished with nashiji, accents in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji, with a lacquered bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a huge sake bottle with a boy playing with an image of Hotei which adorns the vessel--3½in. (9cm.) high, minor losses to kirigane
edo period (19th century), signed koma kansai
Of oval section lacquered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a bamboo thicket and bands of encircling clouds on a brown lacquer ground embellished with nashiji, accents in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji, with a lacquered bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a huge sake bottle with a boy playing with an image of Hotei which adorns the vessel--3½in. (9cm.) high, minor losses to kirigane