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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD(19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU SAKU AND WITH KAKIHAN, THE NETSUKE SIGNED MORITOSHI
The slender, rectangular inro worked in green, red, gold, black and silver togidashi, hiramaki-e, kirigane, kimpun and aogai with the figures, on either side, of a mother in elaborate robes holding a fire-fly cage and her child, similarly clothed, kneeling and holding a fan, tiny fireflies of silver and aogai above their heads and a willow tree framing the scene, the ground roiro-nuri and the interior cases rich nashiji with fundame rims; fitted with a coral bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke carved on the face in relief with the figure of a shojo dancing with a fan, hair colored red and robes tinged green, the reverse etched with the outline of a sake pot, signed Moritoshi and with kakihan- 3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD(19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA KORYU SAKU AND WITH KAKIHAN, THE NETSUKE SIGNED MORITOSHI
The slender, rectangular inro worked in green, red, gold, black and silver togidashi, hiramaki-e, kirigane, kimpun and aogai with the figures, on either side, of a mother in elaborate robes holding a fire-fly cage and her child, similarly clothed, kneeling and holding a fan, tiny fireflies of silver and aogai above their heads and a willow tree framing the scene, the ground roiro-nuri and the interior cases rich nashiji with fundame rims; fitted with a coral bead ojime and an ivory manju netsuke carved on the face in relief with the figure of a shojo dancing with a fan, hair colored red and robes tinged green, the reverse etched with the outline of a sake pot, signed Moritoshi and with kakihan- 3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) high