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A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
edo-meiji periods (mid-late 19th century), signed kajikawa saku
The large rectangular inro decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and various metal inlays with Daikoku seated before his treasure bag and holding his mallet, a peach, fern shoot and straw rope in the foreground, the reverse with a New Year's scene, with dangling gilt- metal decorations set against a kinji ground, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a silver ring-clasp ojime, and a bone netsuke carved as a bell--3 7/8in. (9.7cm.) high
edo-meiji periods (mid-late 19th century), signed kajikawa saku
The large rectangular inro decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and various metal inlays with Daikoku seated before his treasure bag and holding his mallet, a peach, fern shoot and straw rope in the foreground, the reverse with a New Year's scene, with dangling gilt- metal decorations set against a kinji ground, interior cases nashiji; fitted with a silver ring-clasp ojime, and a bone netsuke carved as a bell--3 7/8in. (9.7cm.) high