A gold lacquer four-case inro

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A gold lacquer four-case inro
decorated in iroe hiramakie and takamakie with a crane above two fighting tortoise, the reverse with another crane and tortoise, the interior in nashiji -- 3¼.in 98.3cm) high, signed, (chips, scratches and wear); attached ojime; and wood netsuke of a figure kneeling on a large pumpkin -- 1½.in (3.8cm) high, 19th Century. See Colour Plate 14.

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