A TWO CASE LACQUER INRO

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A TWO CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

The small inro of rectangular shape decorated in gold, silver and red takamaki-e on a gold ground with two Chinese boys playing a drum on one side and with a single Chinese boy blowing a dragon pipe on the other, the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a matching gold lacquer manju netsuke patterned with a toy top and with a coral bead ojime--2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, surface scratches