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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kajikawa saku and with red jar seal
The inro of oval section decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with cranes flying above pine branches, the reverse with two cranes and a young, on a kinji ground, interior cases in nashiji, fitted with a bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a boy arm-wrestling with a Ni-o on a giant sandal--3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high, small nicks and scratches
edo period (19th century), signed kajikawa saku and with red jar seal
The inro of oval section decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with cranes flying above pine branches, the reverse with two cranes and a young, on a kinji ground, interior cases in nashiji, fitted with a bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a boy arm-wrestling with a Ni-o on a giant sandal--3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high, small nicks and scratches