A LARGE SINGLE-CASE ROIRONURI GROUND INRO decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and tamakakie with chrysanthemus and kikyo (Chinese bellflower), the reverse with hagi (bush clover), unsigned, 19th Century; and another two-case brown ishimeji ground inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie and takamakie, mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay with a huge conch shell with a man on top being towed by fishermen (damaged), unsigned, late 18th/early 19th Century

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A LARGE SINGLE-CASE ROIRONURI GROUND INRO decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and tamakakie with chrysanthemus and kikyo (Chinese bellflower), the reverse with hagi (bush clover), unsigned, 19th Century; and another two-case brown ishimeji ground inro decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie and takamakie, mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay with a huge conch shell with a man on top being towed by fishermen (damaged), unsigned, late 18th/early 19th Century
10cm. long and 13cm. long (2)

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