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Lot 2180

A lacquer and shell-inlaid three-case inro
By Kanshosai Toyo, 19th century

20 March 2012, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A lacquer and shell-inlaid three-case inro

By Kanshosai Toyo, 19th century
The nashiji inro decorated with a pair of swans inlaid in mother-of-pearl, their beaks, the surrounding reeds and the rippling water all rendered in gold takamakie, interiors nashiji, signed Kanshosai and kao and inscribed Hogen Eisen ga and kao; fitted with a glass bead ojime 2 7/8in (7.3cm) long

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The design on this inro is taken from a painting by Kano Eisen, either Kano Furunobu (1696-1731), or Kano Sukenobu (1730-1790), both of whom used the art name Eisen.

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