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SIGNED YOYUSAI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN UNUSUAL FOUR-CASE INRO
Signed Yoyusai, Edo Period (19th Century)
Gold lacquer ground; decoration in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Yoyusai saku [made by Yoyusai]
On each side six ingeniously stylised roundels each depicting one of the twelve Zodiac animals
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Signed Yoyusai, Edo Period (19th Century)
Gold lacquer ground; decoration in gold, silver and coloured hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold lacquer; signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Yoyusai saku [made by Yoyusai]
On each side six ingeniously stylised roundels each depicting one of the twelve Zodiac animals
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.