A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Karashishi [Lion Dog] and Dragon
Edo period (18th century)
Decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid in gold and shibuichi on a black ground, depicting a karashishi with inlaid glass eyes lying on a cliff to one side and a dragon amongst scrolling clouds to the other, both bordered by tsuishu [carved red lacquer] with stylised flowers, fundame interiors and risers, attached tsuishu netsuke in the form of a plum flowerhead decorated with a Chinese figure on a boat, a bead ojime
6.9 cm. long
A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Karashishi [Lion Dog] and Dragon
Edo period (18th century)
Decorated in gold and coloured hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid in gold and shibuichi on a black ground, depicting a karashishi with inlaid glass eyes lying on a cliff to one side and a dragon amongst scrolling clouds to the other, both bordered by tsuishu [carved red lacquer] with stylised flowers, fundame interiors and risers, attached tsuishu netsuke in the form of a plum flowerhead decorated with a Chinese figure on a boat, a bead ojime
6.9 cm. long
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