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A Four Case Inro Suite w/Shibayama Overlay – Edo/Meiji browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Tea Articles: Lacquer: Pre 1900: item #934014 Please refer to our stock #ICHI 1710 when inquiring.
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This is a fine and rare wooden four case inro with ojime and netsuke. The inro itself is a dark wood carved with an intricate design of tiny interlocking grid like carving. The wood was then covered with a transparent layer of lacquer to provide protection and shine. On top of the wooden case, there is a fine design of a flower, leaves and a rock on one side done in Shibayama – the flower in mother of pearl - the leaves in what appears to be lacquer dyed green – and the rock looks as if it might be of agate. On the reverse, there is a Shibayama design of another flower bud – this one in red, possibly coral. Below that is a prancing Shi Shi made of carved mother of pearl. The Ojime is a goldstone round marble and the netsuke is an nicely executed ivory carving of a man holding two large gourds or a bag over his left shoulder. The netsuke is not signed. The entire piece is in excellent condition – there is one tiny piece at the tip of the Shi Shi's tail that appears to have some glue residue. The inro measures 3” long by 2 1/8” wide by 5/8” thick at its thickest part. We date the piece to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850 - 1880s. Shibayama lacquer was introduced by Senzo Onogi at the end of the Edo era (1603-1868), Shibayama is highly decorative lacquer which incorporates finely finished pieces of ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell horn and other materials inlaid into gold lacquered, wooden panels or sometimes ivory grounds. |
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