red ground; gibbon in a gold tree on one side, black bear climbing same tree on opposite side, with pair of bear cubs in a knot hole at bottom of tree on one side; green silk cord; cage-form ojime with tiny lizard inside; unsigned

Four-case inro decorated with Asiatic black bear and gibbon; ojime of a cage with movable lizzard, 1820s

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Four-case inro decorated with Asiatic black bear and gibbon; ojime of a cage with movable lizzard
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2020.102.22
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red ground; gibbon in a gold tree on one side, black bear climbing same tree on opposite side, with pair of bear cubs in a knot hole at bottom of tree on one side; green silk cord; cage-form ojime with tiny lizard inside; unsigned