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EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Five-Case Inro
Edo Period (late 18th-early 19th century)
Decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a sparse nashiji black ground with Daruma, the reverse with a model of a karashishi on a red lacquer stand and a ruyi sceptre, nashiji interior, fundame rims
9.2cm. high
Edo Period (late 18th-early 19th century)
Decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e and takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a sparse nashiji black ground with Daruma, the reverse with a model of a karashishi on a red lacquer stand and a ruyi sceptre, nashiji interior, fundame rims
9.2cm. high
Provenance
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard
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