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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST INSCRIBED ZESHIN
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Two Four-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo period (19th century), the first inscribed Zeshin
The first designed in sumi-e togidashi on a kinji ground with panels of bamboo in moonlight, the surrounding areas decorated with geometric patterns of inlaid shell, the top and bottom with gold-lacquer lozenges containing inlaid-shell chrysanthemum heads on a red ground, cord runners gyobu nashiji, interiors nashiji; the second decorated with irises and rocks beside a stream in gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashi, kirigane, hirame and nashiji on a black-lacquer ground, the interiors nashiji
3in. (7.6cm.); 3½in. (8.9cm.) long (2)
Edo period (19th century), the first inscribed Zeshin
The first designed in sumi-e togidashi on a kinji ground with panels of bamboo in moonlight, the surrounding areas decorated with geometric patterns of inlaid shell, the top and bottom with gold-lacquer lozenges containing inlaid-shell chrysanthemum heads on a red ground, cord runners gyobu nashiji, interiors nashiji; the second decorated with irises and rocks beside a stream in gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashi, kirigane, hirame and nashiji on a black-lacquer ground, the interiors nashiji
3in. (7.6cm.); 3½in. (8.9cm.) long (2)
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