An inlaid wood and ivory one-case inro decorated with a stem of bamboo branch, the reverse with further flowering branches, each of the four corners inlaid with semi-oval ivory motifs (old wear and damages); an engraved ivory ojime; and a pierced ivory manju netsuke carved with fruiting branches and flowerheads, 18th century.

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An inlaid wood and ivory one-case inro decorated with a stem of bamboo branch, the reverse with further flowering branches, each of the four corners inlaid with semi-oval ivory motifs (old wear and damages); an engraved ivory ojime; and a pierced ivory manju netsuke carved with fruiting branches and flowerheads, 18th century.
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