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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Four-Case Inro
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
In the form of an uchiwa and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and hirame on a kinji ground and inlaid in Shibayama style with a man balancing a sake barrel as two children watch, carved red lacquer ojime
9.5cm. high
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
In the form of an uchiwa and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and hirame on a kinji ground and inlaid in Shibayama style with a man balancing a sake barrel as two children watch, carved red lacquer ojime
9.5cm. high
Provenance
Senator Andrew Sordoni
Special notice
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