EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED JOKASAI
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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed jokasai
Of rectangular shape, decorated in sumi-e togidashi on a silver ground with a rakan seated within a mountainous landscape looking on serenly as a boy arranges a lotus in a vase, the reverse with a monkey presenting a flower to another rakan sitting on a rock outcropping holding a rosary, interior cases fundame; fitted with a lacquered bead ojime and an ivory kagamibuta netsuke, the soft-metal plate cast with Moso (Meng Tsung), one of the Chinese paragons of filial piety, and two bamboo shoots springing up from the snow
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
edo period (19th century), signed jokasai
Of rectangular shape, decorated in sumi-e togidashi on a silver ground with a rakan seated within a mountainous landscape looking on serenly as a boy arranges a lotus in a vase, the reverse with a monkey presenting a flower to another rakan sitting on a rock outcropping holding a rosary, interior cases fundame; fitted with a lacquered bead ojime and an ivory kagamibuta netsuke, the soft-metal plate cast with Moso (Meng Tsung), one of the Chinese paragons of filial piety, and two bamboo shoots springing up from the snow
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long