Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's, London, 6 December, 1972, lot 296
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Three-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (19th century)
Lacquered in colored takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a design of insects against a dense ground of diaper patterns in Somada style in inlaid shell and gold lacquer on a black-lacquer ground, the interior cases nashiji
2¾in. (7.2cm.) long
Edo period (19th century)
Lacquered in colored takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a design of insects against a dense ground of diaper patterns in Somada style in inlaid shell and gold lacquer on a black-lacquer ground, the interior cases nashiji
2¾in. (7.2cm.) long
Special notice
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