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\r\nOf rectangular form, in carved ivory with black-stained details
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\r\nThe top and base carved in low relief with radishes and other vegetables
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\r\nSigned to the lower left corner (probable reading \u5b5d\u89aa\u5de5 \/ Takachika k\u014d)
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\r\nTogether with a spherical ivory ojime carved with a figure amidst draperies and pine branches, and a manju-type bone netsuke with openwork decoration (sukashibori) depicting an archaistic dragon among clouds, lingzhi fungi and foliage
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\r\n(Accompanied by CITES certificate no. 25PTLX04544C)
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\r\nA comparable inr\u014d is held in the collection of The N\u00e1prstek Museum of Asian, African, and American Cultures, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibun), ref. G1305445.
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\r\nProvenance:
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\r\nAcquired by the current owner's grandfather in France, between 1950 and 1970."}],"gallery":[{"image":{"ID":371722,"id":371722,"title":"159_146","filename":"146-scaled.jpg","filesize":539903,"url":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/lot\/inro-de-tres-compartimentos-993948354\/159_146\/","alt":"","author":"44","description":"","caption":"","name":"159_146","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":370732,"date":"2026-04-27 20:28:41","modified":"2026-04-27 20:28:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":2099,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":246,"medium_large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":630,"large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":840,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-1536x1260.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1260,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-2048x1680.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1680,"v_medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-640x525.jpg","v_medium-width":640,"v_medium-height":525,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":246,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":328,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":492}},"is_video":false,"video_source":"","video_id":"","use_video_thumbnail":true},{"image":{"ID":371724,"id":371724,"title":"159_146a","filename":"146a-scaled.jpg","filesize":723199,"url":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/lot\/inro-de-tres-compartimentos-993948354\/159_146a\/","alt":"","author":"44","description":"","caption":"","name":"159_146a","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":370732,"date":"2026-04-27 20:28:51","modified":"2026-04-27 20:28:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1653,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","medium-width":194,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1189,"large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","large-width":661,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-992x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":992,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-1323x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1323,"2048x2048-height":2048,"v_medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-640x991.jpg","v_medium-width":640,"v_medium-height":991,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":194,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":258,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/146a-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":387,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"is_video":false,"video_source":"","video_id":"","use_video_thumbnail":true}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lot\/370733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lot"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lot"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}