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FOUR INRO
The first a four case inro decorated in gold takamakie, heidatsu and gold and aogai kirikane with butterflies on a nashiji ground, nashiji interior, fundame rims, Edo Period (18th Century); a four case inro decorated in takamakie with fundame on brown-red lacquer with Mongolians in a boat, nashiji interior, Edo Period (18th Century); a three case inro decorated in takamakie with fundame on sharkskin ground with Tekkai sennin and Gama sennin, brown lacquer interior, fundame rims, Edo Period (17th Century); a single case inro in Kolin style decorated in mother-of-pearl, gold and silver fundame on brown-red lacquer with chidori above waves and a radish, brown-red lacquer interior, fundame rims, Edo Period (17th Century), all with some old wear
2.7/8in. (7.4cm.), 2.7/8in. (7.2cm.), 2½in. (6.4cm.), 2½in. (6.4cm.) respectively (4)

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