A lacquer four-case inro

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A lacquer four-case inro
decorated in iroe hiramakie, takamakie and kirigane, and inlaid aogai to both sides with birds in flight above flowering prunus branches and tree trunks on a scattered nashiji ground, the interior in nashiji -- 3¼.in (8.3cm) high, 19th Century, (small piece of inlay missing).
See Colour Plate 15.

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