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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST SIGNED KANSAI (KOMA KANSAI II)
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Two Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo period (19th century), the first signed Kansai (Koma Kansai II)
The first with fighting cocks rendered in high-relief gold and red lacquer on a kinji ground, the birds' eyes inlaid in glass and their feathers highlighted with red and black hiramaki-e, hirame, and kirigane, interiors nashiji; the second designed in the shape of an owl on a branch in shades of gold and brown lacquer with highlights in black, the eyes inlaid in glass and the branch with kirigane embellishments, nashiji interiors
4in. (10.2cm.) wide; 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long (2)
Edo period (19th century), the first signed Kansai (Koma Kansai II)
The first with fighting cocks rendered in high-relief gold and red lacquer on a kinji ground, the birds' eyes inlaid in glass and their feathers highlighted with red and black hiramaki-e, hirame, and kirigane, interiors nashiji; the second designed in the shape of an owl on a branch in shades of gold and brown lacquer with highlights in black, the eyes inlaid in glass and the branch with kirigane embellishments, nashiji interiors
4in. (10.2cm.) wide; 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long (2)