A One-Case Lacquer Inro and a Four-Case Lacquer Inro
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A One-Case Lacquer Inro and a Four-Case Lacquer Inro** Edo period (18th-19th century) The first small and rectangular decorated with ducks in a stream by a cedar tree rendered in inlaid iridescent shell, gold hiramaki-e and gold and black togidashi with hirame embellishments, the interior with a removable shallow case lacquered in fundame and roiro-nuri , with an ivory manju netsuke pierce-carved with ducks and cherry blossoms on a stream, inscribed Sumida ; the second designed in gold, silver and black takamaki-e, hirame and aogai with Japanese warriors repelling the invading Mongols, Raijin, the god of thunder, striking his thunder drums on a cloud above the Japanese forces, with a glass bead ojime and a lacquer netsuke designed as a Mongol helmet, illegibly signed ...so 2½in. (6.3cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) long (2)
A One-Case Lacquer Inro and a Four-Case Lacquer Inro
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A One-Case Lacquer Inro and a Four-Case Lacquer Inro** Edo period (18th-19th century) The first small and rectangular decorated with ducks in a stream by a cedar tree rendered in inlaid iridescent shell, gold hiramaki-e and gold and black togidashi with hirame embellishments, the interior with a removable shallow case lacquered in fundame and roiro-nuri , with an ivory manju netsuke pierce-carved with ducks and cherry blossoms on a stream, inscribed Sumida ; the second designed in gold, silver and black takamaki-e, hirame and aogai with Japanese warriors repelling the invading Mongols, Raijin, the god of thunder, striking his thunder drums on a cloud above the Japanese forces, with a glass bead ojime and a lacquer netsuke designed as a Mongol helmet, illegibly signed ...so 2½in. (6.3cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) long (2)
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