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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan and with red jar seal, and tounsai
The inro of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl and aogai on a kinji ground with seven roundels, each containing one of the seven gods of good fortune, four on one side and three on the other, interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ivory ojime carved in relief with heads of the seven gods and an ivory netsuke representing a kneeling samurai--3 5/8in. (9.1cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan and with red jar seal, and tounsai
The inro of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl and aogai on a kinji ground with seven roundels, each containing one of the seven gods of good fortune, four on one side and three on the other, interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ivory ojime carved in relief with heads of the seven gods and an ivory netsuke representing a kneeling samurai--3 5/8in. (9.1cm.) high