A four-case inrō by Ōmura Gyokuzan. 19th century

A four-case inrō by Ōmura Gyokuzan. 19th century Signed Tachibana Gyokuzan saku 橘玉山作 with a red pot seal Of standard shape bearing a black lacquer ground with kinpun and hirame, decorated on one side with a dragon which has emerged from the pool of a waterfall and coils around a slanted rock, on the other side with a mountainous landscape with a large pool fed by a waterfall, lacquered in gold-maki-e, a little silver maki-e, red lacquer, togidashi and inlaid with gold foil, the dragon’s eyes of reverse painted glass. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Height 7.5 cm; width 5.3 cm

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