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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed jokasai, inscribed hogen eisen ga [kano eisen'in II (1730-1790)]
The inro of rounded rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, and hiramaki-e on a mokume ground with a peacock, the 'eyes' of the bird's plumage of inlaid aogai, the reverse with a female peacock beneath a blooming cherry tree, details in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime and an ivory double-gourd netsuke carved with a scene of a fisherman's cottage--3½in. (8.9cm.) high, small nicks
edo period (19th century), signed jokasai, inscribed hogen eisen ga [kano eisen'in II (1730-1790)]
The inro of rounded rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, and hiramaki-e on a mokume ground with a peacock, the 'eyes' of the bird's plumage of inlaid aogai, the reverse with a female peacock beneath a blooming cherry tree, details in kirigane, interior cases gyobu-nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime and an ivory double-gourd netsuke carved with a scene of a fisherman's cottage--3½in. (8.9cm.) high, small nicks