19TH CENTURY
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A gold lacquer four-case inro
19th Century
Decorated in iroe hiramakie with two Noh actors, one wearing a mask and dancing with an open fan, the other with a closed fan and a wakizashi slung through his belt, the interior of nashiji, with attached gold lacquer ojime and ivory netsuke decorated in aogai and red and gold lacquer with a dragonfly in flight, signed
3in (8.3cms) long
19th Century
Decorated in iroe hiramakie with two Noh actors, one wearing a mask and dancing with an open fan, the other with a closed fan and a wakizashi slung through his belt, the interior of nashiji, with attached gold lacquer ojime and ivory netsuke decorated in aogai and red and gold lacquer with a dragonfly in flight, signed
3in (8.3cms) long