A SINGLE-CASE INRO
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A SINGLE-CASE INRO

SIGNED KANSHOSAI, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY)

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A SINGLE-CASE INRO
Signed Kanshosai, Edo Period (Late 18th/19th Century)
Polished wood ground; decoration in gold hiramaki-e, gold dust, silver foil and black lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e underneath Kanshosai with a kao

On one side a traveller in disguise, with a face-cloth and large hat, holding a coil of string and seated next to a tiered picnic-box; on the reverse a poem in gold hiramaki-e
23/8in. (6.2cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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