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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
The inro of rectangular shape and oval section decorated overall in iro-e togidashi, kirigane and hirame with numerous figures picknicking under the cherry trees by a river, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime of insects and grasses in low relief, and an ivory netsuke modelled as an Ni-o on a giant sandal--3¼in. (8.2cm.) high, small chips to joins in cases, ojime dents, damage to netsuke
edo period (19th century)
The inro of rectangular shape and oval section decorated overall in iro-e togidashi, kirigane and hirame with numerous figures picknicking under the cherry trees by a river, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime of insects and grasses in low relief, and an ivory netsuke modelled as an Ni-o on a giant sandal--3¼in. (8.2cm.) high, small chips to joins in cases, ojime dents, damage to netsuke