Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Japan

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The Seven Sages were third century literati. Shunning the constraints of official life, they gathered in a bamboo grove and engaged in the Daoist-inspired practice of "pure talk." Here they relax and drink and make music.

Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan
Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan
Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan
Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan
Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan
Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Lacquer, fundame, raden, pewter inlay; Interior: fundame, tray, Japan

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