EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO LACQUER INRO
edo/meiji period (19th century)
A two case ivory inro lacquered in gold with a pheasant perched on a wisteria branch, coral ojime, boxwood netsuke carved in the form of a peanut; a four case inro, decorated in takamaki-e with red and silver lacquer accents with a palaquin and wild grasses, a grasshopper on the reverse all on a roiro-nuri ground, bead ojime and tsuishu manju netsuke, carved with peaches on a diaper ground
3.3/8 in. ( 8.5 cm.) high (2)
edo/meiji period (19th century)
A two case ivory inro lacquered in gold with a pheasant perched on a wisteria branch, coral ojime, boxwood netsuke carved in the form of a peanut; a four case inro, decorated in takamaki-e with red and silver lacquer accents with a palaquin and wild grasses, a grasshopper on the reverse all on a roiro-nuri ground, bead ojime and tsuishu manju netsuke, carved with peaches on a diaper ground
3.3/8 in. ( 8.5 cm.) high (2)