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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Three-Case Sheath Inro
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and inlaid in Shibayama style on a kinji ground with men having a fight during a picnic under weeping willow, the reverse with a man having his hair cut, the three-case inro within decorated in togidashi-e with overlapping brocade designs
10.2cm. high
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and inlaid in Shibayama style on a kinji ground with men having a fight during a picnic under weeping willow, the reverse with a man having his hair cut, the three-case inro within decorated in togidashi-e with overlapping brocade designs
10.2cm. high
Provenance
Senator Andrew Sordoni
Special notice
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