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Toshihide I inro
(1757-1833)
four-case lacquer inro with inlaid mother-of-pearl plum blossoms
height 3 in., 7.5 cm
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bearing a ground of roiro dusted and sprinkled with varying sized of gold hirame, the gold takamaki-e plum branch wrapping around both sides with white mother-of-pearl blossoms highlighted with gold hirame pistons; signed Toshihide with red square seal Tokei; coral ojime
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For a comparison of signature and seals of Toshihide I and his younger brother, Toshihide II, and a discussion of their work, see Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (1995), p. 305.
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$7,500
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another view and signature
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