Description:
netsuke: button-like, carved with standing man, mother-of-pearl scroll in hand looking at container with mother-of-pearl scroll hanging off side and second scroll on ground; ojime: carved as curled leaf with small frog on top; inro: five part, gold, scene of old man on horseback travelling across a bridge as another man kneels under a tree on the shore and offers him something, contained in aqua brocade bag, aqua silk border, drawstring closure; man; animal; outdoor; vegetation; landscape; water

Label Text:
The scene depicts the Chinese tale "Zhang Liang picking up the shoe."

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