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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kanshosai
Of tapered oval section decorated in iro-e togidashi on a silver fundame ground with a crow perched on a branch covered by ivy, the sun rising behind, the reverse with other crows flying or perched on another branch, the moon setting in the distance, the risers decorated with a key fret design; fitted with a hardstone ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke--3¾in. (9.5cm.)
edo period (19th century), signed kanshosai
Of tapered oval section decorated in iro-e togidashi on a silver fundame ground with a crow perched on a branch covered by ivy, the sun rising behind, the reverse with other crows flying or perched on another branch, the moon setting in the distance, the risers decorated with a key fret design; fitted with a hardstone ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke--3¾in. (9.5cm.)