Beschreibung:

A ROIRONURI GROUND INRO-DANSU ATTRIBUTED TO KOMA KANSAI decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie and kirikane with an inro depicting a Sambaso dancer on a stage with a red ojime and a crane-shaped netsuke , gilt chamfered edges, engraved silver kanagu , roironuri interior with four drawers containing twelve zodiac inro (small chips, small cracks behind closure, the inro with a slight crack), unsigned, 19th Century 30 x 27.5 x 24cm. A: Rat; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie with rats and turnips within a fundame roundel reserved on a gyobu ground, nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and matching netsuke 9.3cm. long B: Ox; a three-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and hirame with a boy riding an ox through a village, the nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 7.3cm. long C: Tiger; a three-case inro decorated in gold and silver takamakie, hiramakie, kirikane and hirmame with a tiger among bamboo, the nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 7.3cm. long D: Hare; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane, togidashi and hirame with hares among bulrushes beneath a full moon, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long E: Dragon; a three-case inro decorated in gold takamakie, kirikane, hirame and togidashi with a dragon among clouds in a circular panel on a gyobu ground, the nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku, 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 7.3cm. long F: Snake; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and hirame with ema , each decorated with a snake, among trees in a temple ground, the reverse with birds among trees, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long G: Horse; a four-case inro decorated in iroe , gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane, hirame and togidashi with a saddled horse beneath a flowering cherry tree, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long H: Goat; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and togidashi with goats grazing beneath trees, the nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long I: Monkey; a four-case inro decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane and togidashi with monkeys among chestnut trees by a waterfall, the nashiji interior, Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long J: Cockerel, a four-case inro decorated in iroe , gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane, hirame and togidashi with a cockerel, hen and chicks beneath a flowering plum tree, the nashiji interior, signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9.3cm. long K: Dog; a four-case inro of a gyobu ground, decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie with three puppies, the nashiji interior (minor chips), signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 9 cm. long L: Boar; a three-case gyobu ground inro decorated in iroe gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie and kirikane with a boar asleep among hagi (bush clover), the nashiji interior (some gyobu pieces missing), signed Kansai saku , 19th Century, a bead ojime and a matching manju netsuke 7.4cm. long