Four-case Inro with Ojime and Netsuke

Description:

Four-case Inro with Ojime and Netsuke, Japan, 19th century, the continuous scene of a frog, flowers, and grasses rendered in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a snakeskin veneered ground, brown agate ojime, wood netsuke in the shape of a seated lion with a temple drum under its forelegs, inro ht. 3 1/4, wd. 2 1/8, netsuke ht. 1 3/8, ojime dia. 5/8 in.
Estimate $900-1,200

possible loss of inlaid eyes


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