Close-Up: Japanese Inro, two hares among tokusa grass beneath the Moon, with an ivory hare netsuke.

Close-Up Reverse: Japanese Inro, two hares among tokusa grass beneath the Moon, with an ivory hare netsuke.

THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

 

Hare Inro

 

 

Unsigned five case inro.

 

L28

 

Five-case inro bearing a nashiji ground and decorated with two hares among tokusa grass beneath the Moon, in takamakie with hiramakie and kirigane details-

 

Signed: Unsigned
Provenance: Eskenazi
Dimensions: 9.5cm long x 6cm wide

 

 

Ojime: Gold togidashi lacquer with a design of mons.

 

 

Netsuke: An ivory hare with beautiful inlaid eyes scratching its cheek.  (NL28)
Japan, 18th century

Signed: Unsigned, Kyoto

 

Zodiac sign / Hare

 

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