A FOUR-CASE NASHIJI INRO decorated in hiramakie and aogai with a peacock and a peahen, the tail of the former extending to the back (nashiji ground partially faded), signed Koma Kyuhaku, late 18th - early 19th century,

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A FOUR-CASE NASHIJI INRO decorated in hiramakie and aogai with a peacock and a peahen, the tail of the former extending to the back (nashiji ground partially faded), signed Koma Kyuhaku, late 18th - early 19th century,
8.1cm high, with an attached cloisonne ojime (damaged)

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The peacock (kujaku) is considered to be a manifestation of Vairocana, the source of all organic life

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