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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LID JUTOKUSAI TACHIBANA HIROMICHI TSUKURU
The small square inro decorated in takamakie-e with brown cresting waves and irregular black lacquer shoreline on which grows a tall pine with applied gold needles, over the waves fly five applied chidori worked in shibuichi, gold, copper and shakudo, the compartments roiro, exterior signature cartouche rubbed away- 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.); green colored ivory netsuke in the form of a bamboo stalk applied with mother of pearl worm and lacquer spiders
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LID JUTOKUSAI TACHIBANA HIROMICHI TSUKURU
The small square inro decorated in takamakie-e with brown cresting waves and irregular black lacquer shoreline on which grows a tall pine with applied gold needles, over the waves fly five applied chidori worked in shibuichi, gold, copper and shakudo, the compartments roiro, exterior signature cartouche rubbed away- 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.); green colored ivory netsuke in the form of a bamboo stalk applied with mother of pearl worm and lacquer spiders