A FOUR-CASE INRO WITH OMODAKA, WITH SIGNATURE ZESHIN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Decorated in gold, silver, black, and red hiramaki-e, kirikane, and inlays of mother-of-pearl, with a three leaf arrowhead (omodaka) and Japanese chervil (mitsuba), attached wood manju netsuke, also with scratched signature Zeshin
8.4 cm. (31⁄4 in.) high (the inro)
3.5 cm. (13⁄8 in.) diam. (the manju)
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Decorated in gold, silver, black, and red hiramaki-e, kirikane, and inlays of mother-of-pearl, with a three leaf arrowhead (omodaka) and Japanese chervil (mitsuba), attached wood manju netsuke, also with scratched signature Zeshin
8.4 cm. (31⁄4 in.) high (the inro)
3.5 cm. (13⁄8 in.) diam. (the manju)