A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed Kiyokawa saku and sealed morimitsu

Of oval section lacquered in gold takamaki-e on a kinji ground with a continuous design of flowering hibiscus branches, the blossoms in gold foil, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a red ivory bead ojime and a wood manju netsuke designed in gold lacquer and inlaid mother-of-pearl with oxcart wheels in waves, one missing--3½in. (9cm.) high