A two-case inlaid lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated with two recessed panels, the obverse with an elaborate incense burner in the form of a lotus flower and a nyoi (Buddhist priest's scepter), the reverse with a six-character inscription, all in colored ceramic inlays and silver and red takamaki-e against a reddish brown ground, the surrounding areas rogin-nuri, with signature Rituso and bearing an inlaid ceramic seal Kan, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a carved lacquer bead ojime and a lacquered wood netsuke of a hossu (Buddhist ritual fly whisk) bearing an illegible seal 2 3/8in (5.5cm) high
A two-case inlaid lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated with two recessed panels, the obverse with an elaborate incense burner in the form of a lotus flower and a nyoi (Buddhist priest's scepter), the reverse with a six-character inscription, all in colored ceramic inlays and silver and red takamaki-e against a reddish brown ground, the surrounding areas rogin-nuri, with signature Rituso and bearing an inlaid ceramic seal Kan, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a carved lacquer bead ojime and a lacquered wood netsuke of a hossu (Buddhist ritual fly whisk) bearing an illegible seal 2 3/8in (5.5cm) high
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