EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)
Square, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, kirigane, muranashiji, kimpun and mother-of-pearl inlay with a cicada perched on a cryptomeria, the reverse similarly decorated with a cicada in flight, interior cases fundame; fitted with a heart-shaped netsuke decorated in gold takamaki-e on a kimpun ground with flowers, a gilt metal cylindrical ojime inlaid with birds perched on bamboo, signed Chika
3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) high
edo period (19th century)
Square, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, kirigane, muranashiji, kimpun and mother-of-pearl inlay with a cicada perched on a cryptomeria, the reverse similarly decorated with a cicada in flight, interior cases fundame; fitted with a heart-shaped netsuke decorated in gold takamaki-e on a kimpun ground with flowers, a gilt metal cylindrical ojime inlaid with birds perched on bamboo, signed Chika
3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) high