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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo-meijis (mid-late 19th century), signed koma kyuhaku saku
Of rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a kinji ground with an oxcart unhitched beneath a pine, an attendant leading a horse in the background and a dog in the foreground, both inlaid in gilt soft metal, the reverse a continuation of the scene with two oxcarts, details of the landscape in nashiji and kirigane, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a coral bead ojime and a wood manju netsuke lacquered with a fruiting branch --3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high
edo-meijis (mid-late 19th century), signed koma kyuhaku saku
Of rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a kinji ground with an oxcart unhitched beneath a pine, an attendant leading a horse in the background and a dog in the foreground, both inlaid in gilt soft metal, the reverse a continuation of the scene with two oxcarts, details of the landscape in nashiji and kirigane, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a coral bead ojime and a wood manju netsuke lacquered with a fruiting branch --3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high