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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Large Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo period (17th century)
Designed in gold and silver takamaki-e and aogai highlights against a kinji ground with Japanese warriors repelling Mongol invaders, the reverse with Japanese archers emerging from behind trees, the interior cases lacquered nashiji
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
Edo period (17th century)
Designed in gold and silver takamaki-e and aogai highlights against a kinji ground with Japanese warriors repelling Mongol invaders, the reverse with Japanese archers emerging from behind trees, the interior cases lacquered nashiji
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
Provenance
Ralph Harari, sold Sotheby's, London, The Harari Collection of Inro, 28 March, 1974, lot 27