Case (Inrō) with Design of People Catching Fireflies

Koma Kōryū Japanese

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Case (Inrō) with Design of People Catching Fireflies, Koma Kōryū (Japanese, died 1796), Roiro (waxen) lacquer with decoration in togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer and nashiji (pear-skin) lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: metal (zogan) inlay with spider; Netsuke: carved wood with stone inlay of snail on broken roof tile, Japan

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