Kajikawa lineage A three-case inlaid lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated in two shades of gold and silver takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane on a ground of nashiji with South Sea Islanders harvesting coral in inlays of translucent horn colored lacquer, coral and gold wire, the interior cases nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku, with a red jar seal and inscribed Shibayama on an inlaid mother-of-pearl reserve; fitted with a coral bead ojime and an ebony netsuke of a South Sea Islander seated holding a branch of coral 3 1/2in (9cm) high
Kajikawa lineage A three-case inlaid lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated in two shades of gold and silver takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane on a ground of nashiji with South Sea Islanders harvesting coral in inlays of translucent horn colored lacquer, coral and gold wire, the interior cases nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku, with a red jar seal and inscribed Shibayama on an inlaid mother-of-pearl reserve; fitted with a coral bead ojime and an ebony netsuke of a South Sea Islander seated holding a branch of coral 3 1/2in (9cm) high
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