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A black, gold and red lacquer four-case inro decorated in hiramakie, takamakie, and inlaid in pewter, aogai and stained ivory with a monkey hanging from a peach tree and picking a fruiting branch, the reverse with a crab below a peach branch, on a roironuri ground (crack, small chips and dents) -- 4¼in. hig, 18th Century; bead ojime.
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