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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE KAJIKAWA SAKU AND WITH RED JAR SEAL
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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo Period (19th Century), with signature Kajikawa saku and with red jar seal
Lacquered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a glossy black ground, with an evening scene of plovers flying over craggy pines on the coast, some birds highlighted in gold foil and the rocky coast in kirigane, the evening sky mura-nashiji and the rippling waves togidashi, the reverse with a continuation of the scene and with the moon inlaid in metal, the interior decorated in nashiji; fitted with a cylindrical metal ojime cast with soft-metal chrysantemums and with a kagamibuta netsuke, the metal plate incised with a boy sharing sake with a bushy-tailed tortoise, the details in soft-metal inlays, with signature Minkoku and with kao [cursive monogram], and the bowl stag antler
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
Edo Period (19th Century), with signature Kajikawa saku and with red jar seal
Lacquered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a glossy black ground, with an evening scene of plovers flying over craggy pines on the coast, some birds highlighted in gold foil and the rocky coast in kirigane, the evening sky mura-nashiji and the rippling waves togidashi, the reverse with a continuation of the scene and with the moon inlaid in metal, the interior decorated in nashiji; fitted with a cylindrical metal ojime cast with soft-metal chrysantemums and with a kagamibuta netsuke, the metal plate incised with a boy sharing sake with a bushy-tailed tortoise, the details in soft-metal inlays, with signature Minkoku and with kao [cursive monogram], and the bowl stag antler
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
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