A FOUR-CASE KINJI-GROUND INRO decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi, kirikane and inlaid with aogai depicting scenes from the story of Shita-kiri suzume 'Tongue-cut sparrows', the old man seated with a sake cup watching sparrows dance, the reverse with sparrows dressed in kimono coming out of their house in a bamboo grove, nashiji interiors, signed Koma Koryu saku, 19th century

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A FOUR-CASE KINJI-GROUND INRO decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi, kirikane and inlaid with aogai depicting scenes from the story of Shita-kiri suzume 'Tongue-cut sparrows', the old man seated with a sake cup watching sparrows dance, the reverse with sparrows dressed in kimono coming out of their house in a bamboo grove, nashiji interiors, signed Koma Koryu saku, 19th century
8.3cm. long

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