A FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO

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

Of oval section, decorated in iro-e takamaki-e on a kinji ground with a scene of an elderly man enjoying an outdoor wine party with elegantly dressed sparrows, a scene from Shitakiri suzume (The Tongue-cut Sparrow), the interior cases nashiji; fitted with a wood netsuke carved as an aubergine and a coral bead ojime--3¼in. (8.3cm.) high