A four case red lacquer inro

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A four case red lacquer inro
carved in relief with children riding hobby horses and flying kites in a rocky tree strewn landscape -- 2¾in. (7cm.) long, nut ojime and attached wood netsuke carved as a seated musician; an ivory netsuke of a quail perched on a spray of millet -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) long, signed; and a further ivory netsuke carved with two men and two boys trying to restrain a giant turtle -- 2in. (5cm.) long, signed. (3)

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