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AN INLAID IVORY INRO
meiji period (late 19th century), signed masamitsu
Of rectangular shape decorated in Shibayama style with a falcon balanced on a 'lacquer' stand, birds and flowers in mother-of-pearl, coral, horn and colored ivory, signed on the underside of the bottom case on an inlaid mother-of-pearl rectangular reserve; fitted with a manju netsuke and large bead ojime inlaid en suite--3½in. (8.8cm.) high, losses to inlay on netsuke
meiji period (late 19th century), signed masamitsu
Of rectangular shape decorated in Shibayama style with a falcon balanced on a 'lacquer' stand, birds and flowers in mother-of-pearl, coral, horn and colored ivory, signed on the underside of the bottom case on an inlaid mother-of-pearl rectangular reserve; fitted with a manju netsuke and large bead ojime inlaid en suite--3½in. (8.8cm.) high, losses to inlay on netsuke