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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA AND SHIBAYAMA
Of oval form inlaid in ivory, horn, mother of pearl, soft metal and colored lacquer with a caparisoned elephant supporting an immense lotus flower reserved on a kinji ground lacquered in relief with a pine tree, grasses and rocks, the reverse decorated in further takamaki-e with three Chinese boys cavorting in the landscape, their faces and hands inlaid in ivory, the interior cases nashiji- 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long, chips at joins of cases, slight inlay loss
MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA AND SHIBAYAMA
Of oval form inlaid in ivory, horn, mother of pearl, soft metal and colored lacquer with a caparisoned elephant supporting an immense lotus flower reserved on a kinji ground lacquered in relief with a pine tree, grasses and rocks, the reverse decorated in further takamaki-e with three Chinese boys cavorting in the landscape, their faces and hands inlaid in ivory, the interior cases nashiji- 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long, chips at joins of cases, slight inlay loss