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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan saku, and with red jar seal
Of oval section depicting Shinra Saburo (Minamoto no Yoshimitsu) giving a sho lesson to Toyohara Tokiaki atop Mt. Ashigara, the pair of shakudo with gilt detail seated beneath a large pine, the landscape lacquered in gold takamaki-e with kirigane accents on a kinji ground, interior cases in gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a bead ojime and an ivory netsuke modelled as a man and child making rope--3 5/8in. (9.7cm.) high, small chip, minor losses to kirigane
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan saku, and with red jar seal
Of oval section depicting Shinra Saburo (Minamoto no Yoshimitsu) giving a sho lesson to Toyohara Tokiaki atop Mt. Ashigara, the pair of shakudo with gilt detail seated beneath a large pine, the landscape lacquered in gold takamaki-e with kirigane accents on a kinji ground, interior cases in gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a bead ojime and an ivory netsuke modelled as a man and child making rope--3 5/8in. (9.7cm.) high, small chip, minor losses to kirigane