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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WALTER A. COMPTONN
A FOUR CASE GOLD-GROUND INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The oval inro decorated on the lustrous gold ground in vari-colored gold and brown takamaki-e with Buddhist 'wheels of the law', the interior cases dense nashiji, fitted with coral bead ojime and a stained ivory netsuke of an island fisher carrying a large abalo ne on his back- 3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high, interior chip, surface nicks and chip
A FOUR CASE GOLD-GROUND INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The oval inro decorated on the lustrous gold ground in vari-colored gold and brown takamaki-e with Buddhist 'wheels of the law', the interior cases dense nashiji, fitted with coral bead ojime and a stained ivory netsuke of an island fisher carrying a large abalo ne on his back- 3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high, interior chip, surface nicks and chip