Lot Essay
For further reading on the artist see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, 1995), p.194
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SIGNED NAKAYAMA, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Fine Four-Case Inro
Signed Nakayama, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in various coloured ivory, cowhorn and mother-of-pearl inlays and in iroe-hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with tabi makers and cloth dyers
9cm. high
Signed Nakayama, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in various coloured ivory, cowhorn and mother-of-pearl inlays and in iroe-hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with tabi makers and cloth dyers
9cm. high
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