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The signature Kyoryu, written with the characters used here, is not recorded in Wrangham's exhaustive listing of inro artists
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SIGNED KYORYU, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
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A Four-Case Inro [Medicine Case]
Signed Kyoryu, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Lenticular with integral himotoshi; black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin, silver, red and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e and shell; compartments and risers gold mura-nashiji, shoulders and rims gold fundame, signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Koma Kyoryu; pearl ojime; lacquered manju netsuke (lead rims) with three lobed roundels of floral decoration, signed Mitsuhiro
A fan, hotaru [fireflies] and a firefly cage
2 1/16 x 7/8in. (5.3 x 2.2cm.)
Signed Kyoryu, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Lenticular with integral himotoshi; black lacquer ground; decoration in gold, aokin, silver, red and black hiramaki-e and togidashi-e and shell; compartments and risers gold mura-nashiji, shoulders and rims gold fundame, signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Koma Kyoryu; pearl ojime; lacquered manju netsuke (lead rims) with three lobed roundels of floral decoration, signed Mitsuhiro
A fan, hotaru [fireflies] and a firefly cage
2 1/16 x 7/8in. (5.3 x 2.2cm.)
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