EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YURAKUSAI DOHAKU AND SEALED
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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed yurakusai dohaku and sealed
The long slender inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramaki-e, togidashi, hirame, wood, horn and metal inlays on a roiro ground dusted with kimpun with mandarin ducks in a marsh beside reeds, the reverse with a gilded metal tortoise in the stream, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ivory manju netsuke with a pierced shibuichi plate formed as a lotus leaf inlaid in brass and copper with a toad, crab and a lotus bud and a red lacquer ojime carved with waves and in aogai with dots of foam
4in. (10.2cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed yurakusai dohaku and sealed
The long slender inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramaki-e, togidashi, hirame, wood, horn and metal inlays on a roiro ground dusted with kimpun with mandarin ducks in a marsh beside reeds, the reverse with a gilded metal tortoise in the stream, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ivory manju netsuke with a pierced shibuichi plate formed as a lotus leaf inlaid in brass and copper with a toad, crab and a lotus bud and a red lacquer ojime carved with waves and in aogai with dots of foam
4in. (10.2cm.) high