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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
Of tapered oval section decorated in sumi-e togidashi on a fundame ground with a tiger on rocks, the reverse with monkeys hanging from a tree, the risers decorated in gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a hardstone ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a monkey examining an inro, inscribed Kaigyokusai--2¼in. (8.3cm.) high, minor surface scratches
edo period (19th century)
Of tapered oval section decorated in sumi-e togidashi on a fundame ground with a tiger on rocks, the reverse with monkeys hanging from a tree, the risers decorated in gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a hardstone ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a monkey examining an inro, inscribed Kaigyokusai--2¼in. (8.3cm.) high, minor surface scratches