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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai saku
Of rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane and inlaid coral and malachite on a kinji ground with flowering bushes beside a wandering stream, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a lacquer bead ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft metal plate depicting a crab and frog crawling on a lotus leaf--3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed kakosai saku
Of rectangular shape decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane and inlaid coral and malachite on a kinji ground with flowering bushes beside a wandering stream, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a lacquer bead ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke, the soft metal plate depicting a crab and frog crawling on a lotus leaf--3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) high