A Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. 18/19th century

A Ryūkyū aogai-inlaid four-case inrō. 18/19th century Of standard shape bearing a black ground, decorated on one side with a river landscape with figures in a boat beneath a pine tree and a mountain temple, and on the other side with scholars in a garden setting with a building, willow tree and a small moon in the sky, the top, bottom and cord runners with shippō-tsunagi pattern, all inlaid with shaped and geometric aogai pieces and a little gold foil. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Losses to the inlays and small chips. Height 8.4 cm; width 6 cm

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