A FOUR-CASE ROIRONURI-GROUND INRO decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, kirikane and kimpun with a horse rearing at a flowering cherry tree, the reverse with another galloping, the nashiji interiors (minor old damage), unsigned, 19th century, with a metal ojime and an ivory netsuke of a horse, the base signed Gyokuyosai, 7.7cm. long; and a four-case gold ground inro decorated in gold and silver iroe hiramakie, kirikane, gold foil and aogai inlay with a ho-o bird, the reverse with a flowering paulownia branch, the nashiji interiors (some old damage), unsigned, 19th century, with a carved wood ojime of a pine trunk and a carved wood netsuke modelled as a helmet (6)

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A FOUR-CASE ROIRONURI-GROUND INRO decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, kirikane and kimpun with a horse rearing at a flowering cherry tree, the reverse with another galloping, the nashiji interiors (minor old damage), unsigned, 19th century, with a metal ojime and an ivory netsuke of a horse, the base signed Gyokuyosai, 7.7cm. long; and a four-case gold ground inro decorated in gold and silver iroe hiramakie, kirikane, gold foil and aogai inlay with a ho-o bird, the reverse with a flowering paulownia branch, the nashiji interiors (some old damage), unsigned, 19th century, with a carved wood ojime of a pine trunk and a carved wood netsuke modelled as a helmet (6)

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