Three Inro
Edo period (17th - 18th century)
The first three-case, decorated in sabiji, sabiage-takamaki-e, hirame and nashiji and inlaid in shell, with rockwork and pine trees amongst cresting waves, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims; the second three-case decorated with the landscape of Lake Biwa, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims; the third four-case, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, okibirame and nashiji and inlaid in silver with bundles of brushwood, the reverse with a jakago amongst a stream, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims
5.6cm., 4.8cm. and 7.5cm. high
Three Inro
Edo period (17th - 18th century)
The first three-case, decorated in sabiji, sabiage-takamaki-e, hirame and nashiji and inlaid in shell, with rockwork and pine trees amongst cresting waves, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims; the second three-case decorated with the landscape of Lake Biwa, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims; the third four-case, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, okibirame and nashiji and inlaid in silver with bundles of brushwood, the reverse with a jakago amongst a stream, dense nashiji interiors, fundame rims
5.6cm., 4.8cm. and 7.5cm. high