A wide gold-lacquer three-case inro
A wide gold-lacquer three-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The roiro and hirame ground decorated with three large sparrows, two fighting in mid-air while the other flies by, in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with details of aogai and gold foil, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a wood netsuke of a mill-stone maker, unsigned; and an ivory ojime of a formalised sparrow, unsigned. 7.6cm (3in) wide.
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A wide gold-lacquer three-case inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The roiro and hirame ground decorated with three large sparrows, two fighting in mid-air while the other flies by, in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with details of aogai and gold foil, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a wood netsuke of a mill-stone maker, unsigned; and an ivory ojime of a formalised sparrow, unsigned. 7.6cm (3in) wide.
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