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MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED CHOHEI SEI (NOMURA CHOHEI)
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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
mid edo period (18th century), signed chohei sei (nomura chohei)
Of rectangular form decorated in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e, kimpun and inlaid shell with goldfish on a mura-nashiji ground, the risers decorated in chinkin-bori with pomegranates, lotuses and leaves on a roiro ground; fitted with a glass ojime and a small ivory netsuke of an octopus holding a pot, the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Hakuryu
2in. (7cm.) long
mid edo period (18th century), signed chohei sei (nomura chohei)
Of rectangular form decorated in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e, kimpun and inlaid shell with goldfish on a mura-nashiji ground, the risers decorated in chinkin-bori with pomegranates, lotuses and leaves on a roiro ground; fitted with a glass ojime and a small ivory netsuke of an octopus holding a pot, the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Hakuryu
2in. (7cm.) long