A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed tachibana gyokuzan

Of oval section decorated in yamimaki-e and inlays of soft metal, horn and pottery, illustrating an unidentified legendary scene with a fox in priestly garb kneeling down near a hibachi, a dragon lacquered in low relief against the roiro ground circling around both sides, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a soft metal cylindrical ojime and an ivory manju netsuke carved in low relief with a mountain landscape with temples--2 7/8in. (7.4cm.) high