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A FIVE CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED JOKA AND WITH KAKIHAN
Of oval section decorated with musical instruments, including a gong and a large standing drum on one side and a sho, a lute, a handdrum and two flutes in iro-e takamaki-e, iro-e togidashi, applied gold foil and inlaid silver on a gold ground, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a wood ojime--3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) high, some losses to gold foil, surface scratches
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED JOKA AND WITH KAKIHAN
Of oval section decorated with musical instruments, including a gong and a large standing drum on one side and a sho, a lute, a handdrum and two flutes in iro-e takamaki-e, iro-e togidashi, applied gold foil and inlaid silver on a gold ground, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a wood ojime--3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) high, some losses to gold foil, surface scratches