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

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

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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
late edo period (19th century), signed bunryusai and with jar seal
Of long and slender section decorated in gold, silver and iro-e togidashi, gold hiramaki-e, hirame, nashiji, gold and silver okibirame and aogai inlay on a roiro ground dusted with kimpun, on both sides with a continuous scene of the 'fox-wedding' procession below a full silver lacquer moon through autumn grasses, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a manju netsuke lacquered in gold, black and silver with fireflies and autumn grasses and a moon, signed Matsushige sai and a coral bead ojime
3.5/8in. (9.2cm.) long