A five-case gold lacquer inro decorated in hiramakie, takamakie and decorated in red lacquer with a cockerel and hen beside a drum below a tree, the reverse with a ho-o perched in a maple tree, the interior of nashiji (chips, wear) -- 3¾in.long; and an attached ivory netsuke carved as a standing fox wearing a coat and carrying a tablet and a bottle, the details stained black -- 1¾in.high, signed.

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A five-case gold lacquer inro decorated in hiramakie, takamakie and decorated in red lacquer with a cockerel and hen beside a drum below a tree, the reverse with a ho-o perched in a maple tree, the interior of nashiji (chips, wear) -- 3¾in.long; and an attached ivory netsuke carved as a standing fox wearing a coat and carrying a tablet and a bottle, the details stained black -- 1¾in.high, signed.
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