Bamboo Box with Inro and Netsuke

Description:

Bamboo Box with Inro and Netsuke, Japan, 19th century, the rectangular finely woven box with hand-wrought metal hinges and handles, with woven bamboo inro and wood netsuke depicting a lotus pod with moveable stamens and a wasp carved in low relief, netsuke signed in black lacquer, box size to 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

in good condition with minor signs of aging.


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