A gold laquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie with a figure holding a monkey on a lead before a building and pine trees on a nashiji -- 3¼in.long; a Kobe wood toy modelled as a figure eating from a bowl -- 3½in.high; a wood tonkotsu modelled as a seated figure with grimacing expression -- 4in.high; with attached kiserazutsu modelled as Ashinaga -- 7½in.long; a brass and bamboo pipe decorated with dragons -- 7¾in.long; and a small wood jar. (4)

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A gold laquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie with a figure holding a monkey on a lead before a building and pine trees on a nashiji -- 3¼in.long; a Kobe wood toy modelled as a figure eating from a bowl -- 3½in.high; a wood tonkotsu modelled as a seated figure with grimacing expression -- 4in.high; with attached kiserazutsu modelled as Ashinaga -- 7½in.long; a brass and bamboo pipe decorated with dragons -- 7¾in.long; and a small wood jar. (4)

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