AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE WOOD THREE-CASE INRO

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE WOOD THREE-CASE INRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The body carved with formal designs on a dense diaper ground, with two scaly dragons stretching on the sides, the cord going through their bodies and emerging from their mouths; with a wood ojime and a netsuke in the shape of a drum, embellished with a large dragon writhing amongst scrolling clouds, its eyes inlaid in mother of pearl, the sides with mitsu-tomoe swirls rendered in metal and with a suspension ring, the inro 9.8cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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