A four-case inro with an ivory netsuke
A four-case inro with an ivory netsuke

SIGNED KANSHOSAI AND SEALED KAN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A four-case inro with an ivory netsuke
Signed Kanshosai and sealed kan, Edo Period (19th Century)
Decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, togidashi, kirikane, kinpun and iroe takamakie with chaffinches by a meandering stream, the banks with bracken and grasses, fundame interiors, a coral bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as shiitake mushrooms
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long, the netsuke 1.1/8in. (3cm.) wide