THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
Two Inro
THE FIRST SIGNED TOYO, 19TH CENTURY
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Two Inro
The First Signed Toyo, 19th Century
A four case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kimpun and hirame on a nashiji ground, with ducks beneath plum blossom and brushwork fences beside meandering waters; and a four case Shibayama style inro with panels bordered in silver modelled as bamboo, depicting an oni catching a namazu and birds in flowering branches bordered by a gyobu nashiji ground, with an attached carved red lacquer hako netsuke depicting a dragon, slight chip
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) and 3¼in. (8.3cm.) respectively (2)
The First Signed Toyo, 19th Century
A four case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kimpun and hirame on a nashiji ground, with ducks beneath plum blossom and brushwork fences beside meandering waters; and a four case Shibayama style inro with panels bordered in silver modelled as bamboo, depicting an oni catching a namazu and birds in flowering branches bordered by a gyobu nashiji ground, with an attached carved red lacquer hako netsuke depicting a dragon, slight chip
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) and 3¼in. (8.3cm.) respectively (2)