A Three Case And A Four Case Inro

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Three Case And A Four Case Inro
Late 19th Century
Decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan with a Heian poetess seated in a pavilion among clouds, decorated in iroe hiramakie, gold foil and nashiji and inlaid in mother-of-pearl, the reverse with a poem, signed Kajikawa Bunryusai and kao and signed on a metal plaque Hagiya Katsuchira; a four case inro decorated in iroe hiramakie, gold foil and kimpun, on a kinji ground with a lady holding a fan on a rocky bank beside meandering waters, beneath a cherry tree
2 7/8in. (6.6cm.) and 3in. (8.5cm.) respectively (2)

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