A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOMA YASUTADA SAKU [FIRST CHARACTER OBSCURED]

The slender rectangular inro decorated in two-color gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a gold dusted brown ground with water plants in a meandering stream, one side of the design signed in gold lacquer Sukenobu hitsu and sealed, the interior cases gold and red lacquer, fitted with a bead ojime and ivory netsuke carved in the form a crouching man with a cat on his back, signed Motoyuki?- 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high, minute chips, surface nicks and scratches