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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE EDO JU HITOTSU YANAGI TOMOYOSHI AND WITH KAO
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A Three-Case Metal Sleeve Inro
Edo Period (18th-19th Century), with Signature Edo Ju Hitotsu Yanagi Tomoyoshi and with kao
The sleeve in high relief and finished in shakudo with the details of the figures in silver, copper, and gilt with a scene of Choryo entering the river to retrieve Kosekiko's lost shoe while a dragon emerges from the waves, the reverse with Kosekiko on his mount crossing a bridge with a scroll in his hand, clouds cut out on both sides to reveal the three-case silver inro; fitted with a soft-metal cylindrical ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft-metal plate cast in high relief with a noh dancer and the bowl bone carved with scrolling foliage and an oni, with signature Seisei Mingyoku and with kao
2.7/8in. (7.4cm.) high
Edo Period (18th-19th Century), with Signature Edo Ju Hitotsu Yanagi Tomoyoshi and with kao
The sleeve in high relief and finished in shakudo with the details of the figures in silver, copper, and gilt with a scene of Choryo entering the river to retrieve Kosekiko's lost shoe while a dragon emerges from the waves, the reverse with Kosekiko on his mount crossing a bridge with a scroll in his hand, clouds cut out on both sides to reveal the three-case silver inro; fitted with a soft-metal cylindrical ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft-metal plate cast in high relief with a noh dancer and the bowl bone carved with scrolling foliage and an oni, with signature Seisei Mingyoku and with kao
2.7/8in. (7.4cm.) high