A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

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A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo period (19th century), signed koma kyuhaku saku

Of oval section designed in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a monkey trainer performing at New Year's, set against a kinji and brown lacquer ground sprinkled with hirame, details in kirigane, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a soft-metal ojime patterned with attributes of the "Seven Gods of Good Fortune," signed Tenmin, and an ivory netsuke with a man and two children playing, signed Ikkosai--3¼in. (8.4cm.) high