Lot 166
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A RARE FOUR-CASE INRO
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A RARE FOUR-CASE INRO

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

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A RARE FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo Period (Late 17th-Early 18th Century)
The mokume ground decorated in usu-niku-takamaki-e of gold, red and shibuichi depicting a sumo match between a monkey and a hare, another monkey acting as referee, the reverse depicting a game of go between a hare and monkey under an oak tree, compartments and risers nashiji, fundame rims
7.6cm. high
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Lot Essay

This subject is derived from the first chapter of the Choju-giga, a series of handscrolls of the Heian period (794-1185), previously attributed to Toba Sojo. The most famous of the satirical scrolls, shows hares and foxes as priests, a frog as a Buddha, a monkey as a mendicant, hares and monkeys as sumo.

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