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Jokasai
Jokasai four case inro.
L20
A four case inro of decorative fans in gold and coloured lacquers on a roiro (polished black) ground.Signed: Jokasai
Provenance: J. Katchen.
Published: Item 325 (inro) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A.
Cohen.
Dimensions: 7.8cm long x 6.4cm wide
A number of successive generations of the Yamada family used the name
Jokasai, from the end of the 17th through the 19th century. The present
example is a fine work by one of the later members of the family.
Ojime: Togidashi lacquer black ground with dragon decoration.
Netsuke: Stag-antler netsuke of a rat on a large peach with foliage.
(NL20)
Japan, 19th century
Signed: Ren (Ishikawa Rensai), Asakusa
Zodiac sign / Rat
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