A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Snake and Skull
Sealed Shin, Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in raised lacquer (takamaki-e) and oil litharge with a snake slithering through the eye socket of a skull, the design continuing from the reverse with a sprig of flowers in gold lacquer and inlaid cut shell, all against a black lacquer ground, nashiji interiors, metal ojime carved and engraved with a snake coiled around a stone
7.2 cm. high
A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Snake and Skull
Sealed Shin, Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in raised lacquer (takamaki-e) and oil litharge with a snake slithering through the eye socket of a skull, the design continuing from the reverse with a sprig of flowers in gold lacquer and inlaid cut shell, all against a black lacquer ground, nashiji interiors, metal ojime carved and engraved with a snake coiled around a stone
7.2 cm. high
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