A FOUR-CASE IVORY INRO
A FOUR-CASE IVORY INRO

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIBAYAMA KAZUYUKI

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A FOUR-CASE IVORY INRO
meiji period (late 19th century), signed shibayama kazuyuki
Of rectangular shape decorated in Shibayama style with Jurojin and a crane beneath a large pine tree, the reverse with a Chinese boy and a crane inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, shell, horn, ebony and colored ivory; fitted with a gourd-shaped Shibayama-style netsuke inlaid with vines and a butterfly, an agate ojime and another ivory ojime inlaid with cherry blossoms and a bird
3.5/8in.(9.3cm.) long