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LATE EDO--MEIJI PERIODS (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU AND WITH JAR SEAL
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A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
late edo--meiji periods (late 19th century), signed kajikawa saku and with jar seal
In the form of the Dojoji temple bell, decorated in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a silver ground dusted with kimpun with Kiyohime coiled around the bell, the tip of her gold dragon-form tail creating the knop of the bell, the reverse with Anchin crouching under his cloak, the interior cases fundame, and the risers gold and red in a pattern of scales; fitted with a soft-metal netsuke of an oni head and a soft-metal ojime of a female demon face, signed Masa
4in. (10.2cm.) long
late edo--meiji periods (late 19th century), signed kajikawa saku and with jar seal
In the form of the Dojoji temple bell, decorated in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a silver ground dusted with kimpun with Kiyohime coiled around the bell, the tip of her gold dragon-form tail creating the knop of the bell, the reverse with Anchin crouching under his cloak, the interior cases fundame, and the risers gold and red in a pattern of scales; fitted with a soft-metal netsuke of an oni head and a soft-metal ojime of a female demon face, signed Masa
4in. (10.2cm.) long