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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST SIGNED SHUZAN
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A Two-Case Wood Inro and a Seven-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (19th century), the first signed Shuzan
The first carved as a tortoise, the feet forming the cord runners, the surface of the shell finished to resemble the natural carapace, the eyes inlaid in horn; fitted with a silver bead ojime and a wood netsuke carved as a water sprite with his foot caught in a clam shell; the second decorated with an overall scene of pine, plum and bamboo among rocks in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane highlights against a background of roiro with sparse hirame at the top gradually changing to kinji at the bottom, each case fitted with an interior removable covered box lacquered fundame, the risers and interiors of the inner cases nashiji; fitted with a soft-metal ojime cast with a carp in waves in high relief, signed Ichimin, and an ivory manju netsuke with Otafuku uprooting young pines carved in sunken relief, signed Kikugawa
3½in. (18.7cm.); 4½in. (11.4cm.) long (2)
Edo period (19th century), the first signed Shuzan
The first carved as a tortoise, the feet forming the cord runners, the surface of the shell finished to resemble the natural carapace, the eyes inlaid in horn; fitted with a silver bead ojime and a wood netsuke carved as a water sprite with his foot caught in a clam shell; the second decorated with an overall scene of pine, plum and bamboo among rocks in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane highlights against a background of roiro with sparse hirame at the top gradually changing to kinji at the bottom, each case fitted with an interior removable covered box lacquered fundame, the risers and interiors of the inner cases nashiji; fitted with a soft-metal ojime cast with a carp in waves in high relief, signed Ichimin, and an ivory manju netsuke with Otafuku uprooting young pines carved in sunken relief, signed Kikugawa
3½in. (18.7cm.); 4½in. (11.4cm.) long (2)
Special notice
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