Lot Essay
For an inro of similar design, see Inro: Shanpu korekushon Inro: The Champoud Collection, intro. by Trudel Klefisch (Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1984), pl. 276.
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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GYONEN NANAJU-O, TOJU (BY TOJU AT AGE 70) AND WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
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A three-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Gyonen nanaju-o, Toju (By Toju at age 70) and with cursive monogram (kao)
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and aogai inlay with travellers on a ferry, all against a kinji and sparse nashiji ground; with a lacquer box (hako) netsuke similarly decorated as a boat, and with an ivory ojime with built-in compass
3in. (7.6cm.) long
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Gyonen nanaju-o, Toju (By Toju at age 70) and with cursive monogram (kao)
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and aogai inlay with travellers on a ferry, all against a kinji and sparse nashiji ground; with a lacquer box (hako) netsuke similarly decorated as a boat, and with an ivory ojime with built-in compass
3in. (7.6cm.) long
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