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TWO FOUR-CASE KINJI GROUND INRO
Decorated in metal takazogan and hirazogan with a Chinese sage and an ox, the reverse with a man by a waterfall, nashiji interior, (some inlays missing), a wood netsuke modelled as an old woman carrying a giant peach, with signature Minkoku, 19th century, (her toes damaged); another decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, hirame, okibirame togidashi and mother-of-pearl with various birds in flight, some on a large pine and some mandarin ducks in water, nashiji interior, signed Kajikawa, late 18th century, (slight cracks, an inlay missing and minor damage), with a wood netsuke of a seated karashishi, a gilt copper persimmon-shaped ojime
7.6cm. and 8.6cm. long (2)
Decorated in metal takazogan and hirazogan with a Chinese sage and an ox, the reverse with a man by a waterfall, nashiji interior, (some inlays missing), a wood netsuke modelled as an old woman carrying a giant peach, with signature Minkoku, 19th century, (her toes damaged); another decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, hirame, okibirame togidashi and mother-of-pearl with various birds in flight, some on a large pine and some mandarin ducks in water, nashiji interior, signed Kajikawa, late 18th century, (slight cracks, an inlay missing and minor damage), with a wood netsuke of a seated karashishi, a gilt copper persimmon-shaped ojime
7.6cm. and 8.6cm. long (2)