Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's, London, 12 December, 1973, lot 164
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo period (19th century)
The rounded-rectangular inro decorated with a night scene, indicated by the roiro-nuri ground, of a Shinto shrine, arched bridge and tree under a crescent moon and a day scene of the surrounding hills, all in gold, silver and green togidashi with mura-nashiji bands of mist, interior nashiji; fitted with a bead ojime of dark horn
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
Edo period (19th century)
The rounded-rectangular inro decorated with a night scene, indicated by the roiro-nuri ground, of a Shinto shrine, arched bridge and tree under a crescent moon and a day scene of the surrounding hills, all in gold, silver and green togidashi with mura-nashiji bands of mist, interior nashiji; fitted with a bead ojime of dark horn
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long