THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE THREE-CASE SILVER INRO in the form of a flattened tsubo or storage jar decorated in takabori and iroe with the boy-hero Momotaro and his faithful lieutenants subduing the demons on Onigashima island, the simulated cloth cover decorated with scrolling gilt wire cloisonne enamels, unsigned, late 19th century, 9.5cm. high, with a silver filigree ojime and an ivory netsuke formed as three oni singing, drinking and playing the samisen, signed Masamitsu (3)
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A FINE THREE-CASE SILVER INRO in the form of a flattened tsubo or storage jar decorated in takabori and iroe with the boy-hero Momotaro and his faithful lieutenants subduing the demons on Onigashima island, the simulated cloth cover decorated with scrolling gilt wire cloisonne enamels, unsigned, late 19th century, 9.5cm. high, with a silver filigree ojime and an ivory netsuke formed as three oni singing, drinking and playing the samisen, signed Masamitsu (3)