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Lot 104Y

A mother-of-pearl-inlaid lacquer four-case inro
By Koryu, 19th century

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A mother-of-pearl-inlaid lacquer four-case inro

By Koryu, 19th century
Of lenticular form, the roiro ground with scattered gold powder, decorated with ten gulls swimming among reeds in calm water, in gold takamakie and inlaid aogai, the interior of nashiji, signed Koryu; with a glass ojime and a kagamibuta, the ivory bowl with shakudo plate in the form of a partially eaten lotus leaf, inlaid in iroe takazogan with a frog and terrapin.
9.2cm (3 5/8in).

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