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A SOMADA SCHOOL THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
The inro of rectangular shape decorated in aogai, hiramaki-e, and nashiji on a black lacquer ground with rabbits and flowering grasses, one rabbit accented with gold foil, a single rabbit amidst grasses on the reverse, bottom, top, and sides in nashiji, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a cylindrical soft metal ojime and an ivory netsuke carved in the form of a farmer with a basket--3in. (7.6cm.) high, small nicks, losses to mother-of-pearl
edo period (19th century)
The inro of rectangular shape decorated in aogai, hiramaki-e, and nashiji on a black lacquer ground with rabbits and flowering grasses, one rabbit accented with gold foil, a single rabbit amidst grasses on the reverse, bottom, top, and sides in nashiji, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a cylindrical soft metal ojime and an ivory netsuke carved in the form of a farmer with a basket--3in. (7.6cm.) high, small nicks, losses to mother-of-pearl