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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed koma kyuhaku saku
Of oval section lacquered in iro-e takamaki-e with Chinese court ladies in a pleasure boat drifting through a lotus pond, the waters designed in gold togidashi on a roiro ground, the sky kinji, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a glass bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke with chrysanthemums inlaid in mother-of-pearl, coral, and colored ivory, signed Shibayama--4in. (10cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed koma kyuhaku saku
Of oval section lacquered in iro-e takamaki-e with Chinese court ladies in a pleasure boat drifting through a lotus pond, the waters designed in gold togidashi on a roiro ground, the sky kinji, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a glass bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke with chrysanthemums inlaid in mother-of-pearl, coral, and colored ivory, signed Shibayama--4in. (10cm.) high