A fine Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. 18/19th century

A fine Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. 18/19th century Of long, slender shape bearing a black lacquer ground, decorated with a Chinese-style lakeside landscape depicting a pavilion on a promontory, a tree-studded mountain precipice, and a figure strolling across a bridge, inlaid with shaped and geometric aogai pieces of various shades and with gold foil, the top, bottom and cord runners with short aogai stripes and gold foil lozenges. Black lacquer to the inside. Losses to a few inlays and a chip to one cord runner. Along with a black lacquer ojime with aogai inlays and a carved red lacquer one-piece manjū, displaying a landscape on an asa-no-ha ground, diameter 3.5 cm, 19th century. Height 11.4 cm; width 4 cm

Estimate:£835.60

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