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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood: Pre 1920: Item # 1501911

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An exquisite wooden box with collapsing handle affixed with Zogei pins made of split ebony inlayed with staghorn, mother of pearl and Zogei carved images of soaring birds and dried winter grasses. It is signed with a Zogei tablet what appears to be Houn. The egret, much of the bamoo and spray of grasses appear to be staghorn. One shiny leaf on the bamboo is mother of pearl. It is enclosed in an old wooden box with the inscription “Beloved Item inherited by the heir Tadasuke from Yui Heijiro dated the 8th month of Taisho 7 (1918) placing the item certainly at least as far back as the later Meiji period late 19th to early 20th century). It is 18.5 x 18.5 x 12 cm plus the collapsing handle and in excellent condition.