A rare Ryūkyū tsubo-shaped three-case inrō. Second Shō dynasty, 17/18th century

A rare Ryūkyū tsubo-shaped three-case inrō. Second Shō dynasty, 17/18th century Of jar (tsubo) shape with a decorative rim of short tubes, and with a roof-like lid with an undulating rim, bearing a brown lacquer ground inlaid with small flowers and patterns in aogai, decorated to the broad sides with heart-shaped panels, one displaying a landscape, the other a poem, both with a red lacquer ground and inlaid with aogai, one panel surrounded by a border of pewter, the other by a border of aogai encircled with metal wire. Brown lacquer to the inside. Various losses to the inlays. Height 8 cm; width 5.3 cm

Estimate:£501.36

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