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EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HASEGAWA KYORINSAI SAKU (SHIGEYOSHI II) AND SEALED SHIGEYOSHI
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A Hasegawa School Four-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed Hasegawa Kyorinsai saku (Shigeyoshi II) and sealed Shigeyoshi
The slender inro designed with a scene of Yoshitsune and his retainers about to descend down the incline at the Battle of Ichinotani in gold, silver, black, red and brown hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane embellishments, the reverse with two crabs fighting rendered in high relief, the shell of one resembling a grimacing demon mask, all against a bright kinji ground, interiors nashiji; fitted with an ivory skull ojime and a stained-ivory seal netsuke of a Chinese lion
3/8in. (8.6cm.) long
Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed Hasegawa Kyorinsai saku (Shigeyoshi II) and sealed Shigeyoshi
The slender inro designed with a scene of Yoshitsune and his retainers about to descend down the incline at the Battle of Ichinotani in gold, silver, black, red and brown hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirigane embellishments, the reverse with two crabs fighting rendered in high relief, the shell of one resembling a grimacing demon mask, all against a bright kinji ground, interiors nashiji; fitted with an ivory skull ojime and a stained-ivory seal netsuke of a Chinese lion
3/8in. (8.6cm.) long
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