An unusual Ryūkyū-style four-case inrō. 19th century

An unusual Ryūkyū-style four-case inrō. 19th century Of standard shape bearing a kinji ground, decorated with a river landscape, on one side with a frog jumping up to a willow branch to catch an insect, and on the other side with two swimming ducks and a cricket crawling up a susuki leaf, the entire linear design of the inrō inlaid with cut pieces of aogai set into black lacquer, while the cord runners and top and bottom are similarly inlaid with aogai on a black lacquer ground. Black lacquer and fundame to the inside. Minor losses to the aogai. Height 9.9 cm; width 5.4 cm

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