Actor's Mask (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble), Hara Yōyūsai (attributed to) (Japan, 1772-1845), Japan, 19th century, Costumes, [inrō] Gold, black and gray hiramakie on togidashi ground of black and gold mokume lacquer; [ojime] mixed metals (shibuichi and silver) and gilt; .
Inro (sections separated), black, gold and brown lacquer with pearl-shell, fish, ca.1775-1850
1775-1850. This netsuke, carved from ivory, is in the form of an octopus standing on a base, the underside of which is carved with two characters in relief suggesting it was intended to be used as a seal. V and A Museum.
FOUR CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY UNRYUAN With nashiji interiors, decorated with a Samurai's retainer training a rearing horse
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Late seventeenth century
GOLD LACQUER TWO-CASE INRO By Kanshosai Toyo, 19th century Of wide form, bearing a yasuriko ground and lacquered with a large ebi (crayfish), koi (carp), fugu (puffer fish), hirame (sole) and shellfish among waterweed
By the Kajikawa family, Edo period (19th century) The kinji ground decorated to either side in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane with a waterfall cascading over jagged cliffs bordered by clumps of leafy bamboo, flowering cherry and stylized pine trees
By Shibata Reisai (1850-1915),令哉. Tokyo, late 19th to early 20th century. The ground to one side with two bats in flight and to the other with one bat flying beneath the crescent moon
RARE GREEN LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO The inro by Koma Kansai, 19th century, the netsuke by Masanao of Yamada, Ise, early 19th century The ground of green powder over black, lacquered with the san sukumi (the three creeping things), snake, snail and frog, among bamboo leaves
SIGNED KOMA KYUHAKU SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
SHIOMI MASANARI 塩見政誠 INRŌ WITH RABBITS 兎図蒔絵印籠 Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century
By Koma Kyuhaku, early 19th century The roiro ground, shading to usu-nashiji, lacquered with two oshidori (mandarin ducks) swimming past reeds on the banks of a stream, continued on the reverse.
