A FINE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO IN THE FORM OF AN AUBERGINE, SIGNED TOSHIHIDE AND SEALED TOKEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
In the form of an aubergine, the top case with attached silver fitting simulating the top of the vegetable, decorated in gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and nashiji, and inlaid in kirikane and cut pieces of shell with a woman lying beside books, dreaming of an eagle flying over Mount Fuji and a pine tree, dense nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims, attached lacquer manju netsuke decorated with a moth in a stylised flower, signed Gyokuzan saku
9.2 cm. (35⁄8 in.) high
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In the form of an aubergine, the top case with attached silver fitting simulating the top of the vegetable, decorated in gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and nashiji, and inlaid in kirikane and cut pieces of shell with a woman lying beside books, dreaming of an eagle flying over Mount Fuji and a pine tree, dense nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims, attached lacquer manju netsuke decorated with a moth in a stylised flower, signed Gyokuzan saku
9.2 cm. (35⁄8 in.) high
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