A Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. Second Shō dynasty, 17/18th century

A Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. Second Shō dynasty, 17/18th century Of large standard shape bearing a black lacquer ground, decorated with an ascending and a descending dragon amidst clouds, the cord channels with a tatewaku pattern filled with hanabishi, the top and bottom with a flower-filled kikkō pattern, all profusely inlaid with large incised and shaped pieces together with small pieces of aogai, some of them gold-backed. Black lacquer to the inside. Larger aogai pieces missing from the dragons' faces and other parts of their bodies. Height 10.1 cm; width 6.3 cm

Estimate:£835.60

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