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The Mike and Hiroko Dean Collection

A LARGE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Decorated in gold, silver and coloured lacquer hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a nashiji ground with Bukan Zenshi and his tiger under a pine tree to one side, Kanzan and Jittoku to the other, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims, carved lacquer ojime with two stylised bats
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) long

Exhibited:
Japan - Lacquer which Crossed the Ocean, Exhibition, 28th October-13th November 2007, Hishio [The Centre for Cultural Exchange], Katsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
Bitchu Urushi and Lacquer which Crossed the Ocean, Exhibition, 8th-13th January 2008, Santa Gallery, Okayama City
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