523—INRO.

Six sections. Black polished lacquer. Exquisite painting of tree-trunks and a spool decorates the inro. The background is of highly polished black lacquer partly sprinkled with gold. Nashiji of high grade covers its interior. Carved ivory netsuke, with decoration of Ura-shima and tortoise. Openwork silver slide with gold design. Signed, Kaji-kawa. Seal. Seventeenth century. A specimen of rare quality.

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