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A SEVEN-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
Of oval section decorated in takamaki-e, hirame and kirigane in gold and silver with farm women planting rice outside thatched huts, the interior cases dense nashiji; fitted with an ivory netsuke carved as a farmer holding a lotus stalk and a metal octopus-and-jar ojime--3 1/8in. (7.7cm.) high
edo period (19th century)
Of oval section decorated in takamaki-e, hirame and kirigane in gold and silver with farm women planting rice outside thatched huts, the interior cases dense nashiji; fitted with an ivory netsuke carved as a farmer holding a lotus stalk and a metal octopus-and-jar ojime--3 1/8in. (7.7cm.) high