SIGNED SHIOMI MASANARI, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), A three-case lacquer inro

A three-case lacquer inro
Signed Shiomi masanari, Edo period (18th century)
Finely decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer togidashi,sumi-e togidashi, kirikane and inlaid mother-of-pearl with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove on a fundame ground, the interior with nashiji, with a carved wood netsuke of a seated boy and glass ojime
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long

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The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Groove are a group of third-century Chinese scholars who rejected official duties in favor of rustic life. They often gathered in a bamboo grove to drink wine and discuss art and literature.