A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU AND WITH JAR SEAL

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
late edo period (19th century), signed kajikawa saku and with jar seal
Of slender rectangular form decorated in vermilion lacquer (tsuishu) takamaki-e with lobsters on rocks on a gold ground, the eyes in black lacquer, the rocks decorated in gold takamaki-e, okibirame and hirame, the bevelled edges of the top and bottom in okibirame, interior cases nashiji; fitted with an ivory netsuke formed as a conch shell with flowers, signed Hide and with kao, and a copper and silvered-metal ojime forming an abalone decorated with plum flowers, signed Mitsutami and sealed
3in. (8.9cm.) long