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The Mike and Hiroko Dean Collection

TWO LACQUER INRO
THE FIRST, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY); THE SECOND, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
The first two-case standing inro in the form of Uba, decorated in gold, black and red lacquer, her dress in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji, the base with sprinkled mother-of-pearl, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims; the second, four-case tsuishu [carved red lacquer] inro with a Chinese figures in a landscape with trees, pavilion and rocks, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims, matching tsuishu ojime with peony
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high; 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) long
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Uba is a character in the Noh play, Takasago (the Island of Immortality). The elderly couple Jo and Uba, raking the pine-needles, are regarded as a symbol of longevity and conjugal love.

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