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EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY),
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THREE JAPANESE INRO**,
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY),
comprising a three-case ivory inro, the rounded-rectangular inro carved with Kosekiko riding across the bridge and Choryo rising from the river on the head of a dragon carrying Kosekiko's lost shoe, inscribed Tomotada; fitted with an ivory bead ojime carved with a Jurojin and a crane and an ivory ryusa netsuke of a coiling dragon with eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Chomin; a four-case bone inro decorated with a beauty and a bird, fitted with a bone ojime and an ivory manju netsuke of masks; a wood three-case inro applied with a carved ivory mythical snake and tortoise and fitted with a wood ojime and a bone netsuke
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) long (3)
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY),
comprising a three-case ivory inro, the rounded-rectangular inro carved with Kosekiko riding across the bridge and Choryo rising from the river on the head of a dragon carrying Kosekiko's lost shoe, inscribed Tomotada; fitted with an ivory bead ojime carved with a Jurojin and a crane and an ivory ryusa netsuke of a coiling dragon with eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Chomin; a four-case bone inro decorated with a beauty and a bird, fitted with a bone ojime and an ivory manju netsuke of masks; a wood three-case inro applied with a carved ivory mythical snake and tortoise and fitted with a wood ojime and a bone netsuke
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) long (3)
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