A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU

Of oval section with each case decorated differently separated by narrow borders of gold and black diaperwork, the grounds of the cases rendered in brown lacquer with silver hirame, nashiji, white and black lacquer, or gold and black togidashi, the lid black applied with nashiji and gold hirame, each case further ornamented in takamaki-e with various flowers representing the four seasons, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ebony netsuke carved in the form of a puppy and a coral bead ojime--3in. (7.7cm.) high, edge nicks and chip