A THREE-CASE WOOD INRO
A THREE-CASE WOOD INRO

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED MASANAO AND WITH KAO

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A THREE-CASE WOOD INRO
late edo period (19th century), inscribed masanao and with kao
Of rectangular form inlaid in wood with Jo and Uba looking out of a hole of a large pine tree, the reverse lightly carved in relief with a distant mountain and with a inlaid-horn hill, two inlaid-ivory sails and inlaid-wood bamboo leaves; fitted with a wood netsuke modelled as an adult monkey with its young on the shoulder riding on the back of a turtle, signed Sogetsu and an agate bead ojime
3in. (8.3cm.) long