A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century)

Of oval section decorated with a ranryo dancer of shakudo embellished with gold foil on a bright kinji ground, a snake of inlayed soft metal on the reverse, interior cases in nashiji; fitted with a bead ojime and a wood netsuke--3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, small nicks, scratches