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EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), WITH INCISED SIGNATURE KANSHOSAI CHO [CHISELED BY KANSHOSAI] AND WITH KAO [CURSIVE MONOGRAM], AND WITH SIGNATURE IN GOLD LACQUER TOSHI BYO [LACQUERER] AND WITH KAO
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A Four-Case Chiselled and Lacquer Inro**
Edo Period (late 18th Century), with incised signature Kanshosai cho [chiseled by Kanshosai] and with kao [cursive monogram], and with signature in gold lacquer Toshi Byo [lacquerer] and with kao
With a design of an ox carrying bundles of wood and being lead by a woman on the reverse balancing a load of wood on her head, the ox lacquered in brown and gold togidashi and the figure of the woman and the rope lead in her hand chiselled, an additional branch of blossoming cherry chiselled to the left of the bundle on the back of the ox, all on a silvery-charcoal ground, the interior cases fundame and nashiji; fitted with a glass bead ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the plate designed in soft-metal with a noh actor playing a drum, set into an ivory bowl
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
Edo Period (late 18th Century), with incised signature Kanshosai cho [chiseled by Kanshosai] and with kao [cursive monogram], and with signature in gold lacquer Toshi Byo [lacquerer] and with kao
With a design of an ox carrying bundles of wood and being lead by a woman on the reverse balancing a load of wood on her head, the ox lacquered in brown and gold togidashi and the figure of the woman and the rope lead in her hand chiselled, an additional branch of blossoming cherry chiselled to the left of the bundle on the back of the ox, all on a silvery-charcoal ground, the interior cases fundame and nashiji; fitted with a glass bead ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the plate designed in soft-metal with a noh actor playing a drum, set into an ivory bowl
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
Special notice
Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
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