An attractive early four-case inrō. 17th century

An attractive early four-case inrō. 17th century Of ovoid shape bearing a rubbed nashiji and fundame ground, decorated with a continuous rocky landscape with travelers and interspersed with various types of buildings, lacquered in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with inlays of large pieces of coral and kirikane, now mostly lost. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Traces of use consistent with age, and restorations. Height 8.1 cm; width 5.6 cm

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