A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji er...
A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
The rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in e-nashiji, polychrome and gold togidashi maki-e depicting the meeting of the Three Literati—a poet, a Daoist and a Buddhist scholar—from the Chinese parable Kokei sansho (The Three Laughers of the Tiger Ravine), the interior of rich nashji; with a signature on the base in gold hiramaki-e Hokkyo Komin saku. 7.7cm x 6.5cm (3 1/16in x 2 9/16in).
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A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
The rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in e-nashiji, polychrome and gold togidashi maki-e depicting the meeting of the Three Literati—a poet, a Daoist and a Buddhist scholar—from the Chinese parable Kokei sansho (The Three Laughers of the Tiger Ravine), the interior of rich nashji; with a signature on the base in gold hiramaki-e Hokkyo Komin saku. 7.7cm x 6.5cm (3 1/16in x 2 9/16in).
