A Shibayama-style lacquer five-case inro

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A Shibayama-style lacquer five-case inro
decorated in iroe hiramakie and inlaid in mother-of-pearl, coral and horn to both sides with birds among flowering prunus branches on a scattered nashiji ground, the interior in nashiji -- 3¼.in (8.3cm) high, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 15.

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