A white-metal two-case inro, each side decorated with a mon on a leafy scrolling ground -- 1½in.high, attached to a brush-holder similarly decorated -- 8in.long; a black lacquer four-case inro carved in relief with two figures below a waterfall, the reverse with a figure crossing a bridge -- 3in.high; a shagreen and cord wakizashi-hilt with gilt-bronze menuki modelled as flowersprays, the fuchikashira decorated with screens and stooks of corn -- 5¾in.long; and a copper vesta-case modelled as a demon -- 2¼in.high. (4)

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A white-metal two-case inro, each side decorated with a mon on a leafy scrolling ground -- 1½in.high, attached to a brush-holder similarly decorated -- 8in.long; a black lacquer four-case inro carved in relief with two figures below a waterfall, the reverse with a figure crossing a bridge -- 3in.high; a shagreen and cord wakizashi-hilt with gilt-bronze menuki modelled as flowersprays, the fuchikashira decorated with screens and stooks of corn -- 5¾in.long; and a copper vesta-case modelled as a demon -- 2¼in.high. (4)

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