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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST WITH SIGNATURE TAKANORI SAKU AND WITH KAKIHAN (CURSIVE MONOGRAM); THE SECOND WITH SIGNATURE SHOKASAI AND SHIBAYAMA ON INLAID SHELL RESERVE
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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro and a Four-Case Shibayama-Style Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (19th century), the first with signature Takanori saku and with kakihan (cursive monogram); the second with signature Shokasai and Shibayama on inlaid shell reserve
The first designed in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e in gold, silver, black and red lacquer and inlaid shell with a Chinese boy and Shijo school-style puppy among morning glories next to a stream, the grasses and ground highlighted in kirigane and nashiji, interior nashiji; fitted with soft-metal ojime with ducks on a stream and an ivory netsuke of a puppy reclining on a straw mat, with signature Gyokuyosai; the second decorated in gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a kinji ground with Ebisu and Daitoku performing a dance, their faces and hands inlaid in ivory and their clothes embellished with nashiji, interior nashiji
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.); 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long (2)
Edo period (19th century), the first with signature Takanori saku and with kakihan (cursive monogram); the second with signature Shokasai and Shibayama on inlaid shell reserve
The first designed in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e in gold, silver, black and red lacquer and inlaid shell with a Chinese boy and Shijo school-style puppy among morning glories next to a stream, the grasses and ground highlighted in kirigane and nashiji, interior nashiji; fitted with soft-metal ojime with ducks on a stream and an ivory netsuke of a puppy reclining on a straw mat, with signature Gyokuyosai; the second decorated in gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a kinji ground with Ebisu and Daitoku performing a dance, their faces and hands inlaid in ivory and their clothes embellished with nashiji, interior nashiji
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.); 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long (2)
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