A Single-Case Lacquer Inro Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Yoyusai and with kao (cursive monogram) and inscribed Hoitsu kishin hitsu and with red seal Bunsen The large inro designed in high-relief brown, silver, red, gold and black lacquer with a snake emerging from the interior of a pine tree to catch a sparrow, the trunk of the tree finished to resemble the rough texture of pine bark and the skin of the snake polished to approximate the animal's natural scales, interior nashiji ; fitted with a soft-metal bead ojime carved with chrysanthemums and paulownia leaves 3½in. (8.9cm.) long
A Single-Case Lacquer Inro Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Yoyusai and with kao (cursive monogram) and inscribed Hoitsu kishin hitsu and with red seal Bunsen The large inro designed in high-relief brown, silver, red, gold and black lacquer with a snake emerging from the interior of a pine tree to catch a sparrow, the trunk of the tree finished to resemble the rough texture of pine bark and the skin of the snake polished to approximate the animal's natural scales, interior nashiji ; fitted with a soft-metal bead ojime carved with chrysanthemums and paulownia leaves 3½in. (8.9cm.) long
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