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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed bairin and with kakihan
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and various soft metal inlays with Shoki on a bridge clutching a struggling oni, a fleeing oni running across the bridge on the reverse, kinji ground with details of clouds and rocks in kirigane, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with an ivory ojime in the form of an oni and an ivory manju netsuke carved with a landscape--3½in. (8.9cm.) high, small nicks and scratches
edo period (19th century), signed bairin and with kakihan
Of rounded rectangular shape decorated in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi and various soft metal inlays with Shoki on a bridge clutching a struggling oni, a fleeing oni running across the bridge on the reverse, kinji ground with details of clouds and rocks in kirigane, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with an ivory ojime in the form of an oni and an ivory manju netsuke carved with a landscape--3½in. (8.9cm.) high, small nicks and scratches