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A Five-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of rounded rectangular shape with lobed cases and decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with chrysanthemum heads, the fundame ground rubbed away to expose the roiro surface beneath, the top and bottom cases with a Chinese seal-form character for 'longevity,' the interior nashiji; with a cloisonné enamel bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a group of wrestling blind men, with signature Ikkosai
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of rounded rectangular shape with lobed cases and decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with chrysanthemum heads, the fundame ground rubbed away to expose the roiro surface beneath, the top and bottom cases with a Chinese seal-form character for 'longevity,' the interior nashiji; with a cloisonné enamel bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a group of wrestling blind men, with signature Ikkosai
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
A Five-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of rounded rectangular shape with lobed cases and decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with chrysanthemum heads, the fundame ground rubbed away to expose the roiro surface beneath, the top and bottom cases with a Chinese seal-form character for 'longevity,' the interior nashiji; with a cloisonné enamel bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a group of wrestling blind men, with signature Ikkosai
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of rounded rectangular shape with lobed cases and decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with chrysanthemum heads, the fundame ground rubbed away to expose the roiro surface beneath, the top and bottom cases with a Chinese seal-form character for 'longevity,' the interior nashiji; with a cloisonné enamel bead ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a group of wrestling blind men, with signature Ikkosai
27/8in. (7.3cm.) long
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