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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated with a pair of Mandarin ducks (oshidori) inlaid in horn and mother-of-pearl on the snow-covered ground by a blossoming plum tree and brush fence, in gold and silver takamaki-e on a kinji ground, details of the landscpape and clouds in kirigane, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime representing a spider crawling on a pea pod, and an ivory netsuke carved as a young monk leaning against a drum--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high, loss to horn inlay
edo period (19th century)
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated with a pair of Mandarin ducks (oshidori) inlaid in horn and mother-of-pearl on the snow-covered ground by a blossoming plum tree and brush fence, in gold and silver takamaki-e on a kinji ground, details of the landscpape and clouds in kirigane, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a soft metal ojime representing a spider crawling on a pea pod, and an ivory netsuke carved as a young monk leaning against a drum--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high, loss to horn inlay