EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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FOUR LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
Four case inro of flattened rectangular form, decorated with a single crest on either side, rendered overall in roiro-nuri, ivory netsuke in the form of a standing horse, signed Masauki; a four case inro decorated in gold takamaki on a roiro-nuri ground with the figure of a courtier and attendant admiring a flowering plum, wood netsuke of a crouching blind man; a four case inro decorated in togidashi and hiramaki-e with kimpun and kirigane accents with a scene of a rustic well, teahut, stream and rocks on a roiro-nuri ground, coral bead ojime; a four case inro decorated in gold, brown and black takamaki-e wiwth a spotted Buddhist lion standing beside a gnarled pine tree trunk on a gold ground, nashiji interior, composition figural netsuke
3.1/8 in. (7.7 cm.) high (4)
edo period (19th century)
Four case inro of flattened rectangular form, decorated with a single crest on either side, rendered overall in roiro-nuri, ivory netsuke in the form of a standing horse, signed Masauki; a four case inro decorated in gold takamaki on a roiro-nuri ground with the figure of a courtier and attendant admiring a flowering plum, wood netsuke of a crouching blind man; a four case inro decorated in togidashi and hiramaki-e with kimpun and kirigane accents with a scene of a rustic well, teahut, stream and rocks on a roiro-nuri ground, coral bead ojime; a four case inro decorated in gold, brown and black takamaki-e wiwth a spotted Buddhist lion standing beside a gnarled pine tree trunk on a gold ground, nashiji interior, composition figural netsuke
3.1/8 in. (7.7 cm.) high (4)