A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MOEI (NAKAOJI MOEI) AND SEALED MOEI

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A Four-Case Lacquer Inro
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Moei (Nakaoji Moei) and sealed Moei
Of oval section and lacquered in gold, silver and black togidashi against a glossy roiro-nuri ground with kinpun and mura-nashiji with an otter swimming underwater past an abalone shell, the animal's claws rendered in black hiramaki-e, the interiors black lacquer with fundame rims
3 1/8in. (7.8cm.) long

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