A Three-Case Ivory Inro
Signed on an inlaid red lacquer tablet Masamune saku, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and hirame and inlaid in shibayama style in mother-of-pearl, coral, stained ivory and tortoiseshell with a cockerel and hen beside flowering plum and chrysanthemums, ivory ojime en-suite similarly decorated with a bird and insect amongst plum
9cm. high
A Three-Case Ivory Inro
Signed on an inlaid red lacquer tablet Masamune saku, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and hirame and inlaid in shibayama style in mother-of-pearl, coral, stained ivory and tortoiseshell with a cockerel and hen beside flowering plum and chrysanthemums, ivory ojime en-suite similarly decorated with a bird and insect amongst plum
9cm. high
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