A three-case lacquer inro
A three-case lacquer inro

MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED FUJIN SAKU

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A three-case lacquer inro
Meiji period (19th century), signed Fujin saku
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay, with a Portugese woman in a long dress seated atop a recumbent elephant, the reverse with a Portuguese trader wearing baggy bombacha pantaloons and carrying a parasol over his shoulder, all against a mottled red-lacquer over gyobu nashiji ground, the interiors black lacquer; with a carved jade netsuke in the form of an archaistic dragon inside a reticulated plaque
Inro: 4 3/8in. (11cm.) long; netsuke: 3¼in. (8.4cm.) diameter

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