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A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo-meiji periods (mid-late 19th century), inscribed hokkyo korin and sealed
Of oval section and with a domed cover decorated in Rimpa style inlays of mother-of-pearl and simulated pewter with deer grazing in the moonlight, the deer amidst flowering autumn grasses rendered in gold takamaki-e against a fundame ground, interior cases fundame; fitted with lacquered bead ojime and a blue-and-white porcelain netsuke formed as a gourd, bearing an apocryphal Ming dynasty Chenghua mark--3 1/8in. (8cm.) high
edo-meiji periods (mid-late 19th century), inscribed hokkyo korin and sealed
Of oval section and with a domed cover decorated in Rimpa style inlays of mother-of-pearl and simulated pewter with deer grazing in the moonlight, the deer amidst flowering autumn grasses rendered in gold takamaki-e against a fundame ground, interior cases fundame; fitted with lacquered bead ojime and a blue-and-white porcelain netsuke formed as a gourd, bearing an apocryphal Ming dynasty Chenghua mark--3 1/8in. (8cm.) high