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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH--EARLY 20TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED ZESHIN
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A SMALL THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
meiji period (late 19th--early 20th century), inscribed zeshin
Of rectangular form inlaid in horn, colored shell and porcelain with ferns and horsetails, the reverse with a money pouch and bar in bamboo and a nut accented with ivory and gold lacquer on a sabi-ji ground, interior in roiro; fitted with a wood netsuke realistically carved as a chestnut, signed Sosui and a coral bead ojime
2in. (5.6cm.) long
meiji period (late 19th--early 20th century), inscribed zeshin
Of rectangular form inlaid in horn, colored shell and porcelain with ferns and horsetails, the reverse with a money pouch and bar in bamboo and a nut accented with ivory and gold lacquer on a sabi-ji ground, interior in roiro; fitted with a wood netsuke realistically carved as a chestnut, signed Sosui and a coral bead ojime
2in. (5.6cm.) long