JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868), 18th and 19th century - Lot 101

JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868), 18th and 19th century Set of five inro : - Five compartments in ro-iro lacquer. Nashiji interior (chips). Blue-white porcelain ojime. Inro height: 8.4 cm Cherry blossom-shaped wooden netsuke. - Four compartments in black lacquer with taka maki-e decoration of cucurbits. Nashiji interior (major damage and restoration). Rock crystal ojime. Inro height: 7 cm Wooden netsuke carved in the shape of a Buddha's hand. - Four compartments in gold and silver lacquer hira maki-e with a landscape of pavilions at the water's edge. Nashiji interior (chips and splinters). Coral ojime (corallium rubrum). Inro height: 7 cm Deer-horn netsuke. - Four brown lacquer compartments decorated in hira maki-e gold, aogai and mitsuda lacquer with drying fishing nets and cockles. Red lacquer interior. Height: 7.7 cm - Three red lacquer boxes decorated in hira maki-e in gold and kirigan lacquer with pine and prunus branches and minogame turtles. Red and brown lacquer interior. Agate ojime. Inro height: 8 cm Red lacquer netsuke with oni decoration (missing).