A Three-Case Ceramic Inro
A Three-Case Ceramic Inro

EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE KENZAN

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A Three-Case Ceramic Inro
Edo-Meiji Period (19th Century), with signature Kenzan
Of rectangular shape and decorated in polychrome enamels with flowering autumn plants and a clear crackled glaze, the lower cases of the inro enamelled black along a diagonal representing the sloping ground , the reverse with a continuation of the design, the interior applied with a transparent glaze; fitted with a ceramic bead ojime enamelled with colored stripes, with signature Kenzan, and a ceramic manju netsuke modelled as clam, with signature on the interior Kenzan
2¾in. (7cm.) long

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