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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan, and with red jar seal
The inro of oval section decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and togidashi with a continuous scene of Choryo crossing a bridge on horseback observing Kosekiko retrieving the slipper from a raging stream and menacing dragon, both figures of inlaid soft metal, details of the landscape in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a gilt metal bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke --4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai shozan, and with red jar seal
The inro of oval section decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and togidashi with a continuous scene of Choryo crossing a bridge on horseback observing Kosekiko retrieving the slipper from a raging stream and menacing dragon, both figures of inlaid soft metal, details of the landscape in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a gilt metal bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke --4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high