A roironuri ground lacquer three-case inro

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A roironuri ground lacquer three-case inro
decorated in hiramakie and takamakie with butterflies among pine branches and flowers, the reverse inlaid in aogai with an actor, the interior in nashiji -- 3.in high, (wear); attached ojime carved with Okame; and kagamibuta netsuke decorated with a head of a bijin -- 2.in (5.1cm) diam, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 13.

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