A Four-Case Inro
Edo Period (19th Century)
Decorated in gold lacquer with five egrets coming in to land on a tree, beside a waterfall at the foot of a mountain, the reverse in silver lacquer with another group of birds preparing to spend the night on a barren tree, the ends are katami-gawari of gold and silver, nashiji interior, fundame rims
3.3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
拍品專文
Katami-gawari [divided in two-halves] designs, often with a zig-zag dividing line, as here, were often used in the Kodaiji-maki-e of the Momoyama period.