A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO

细节
A THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Modelled the shape of a large wicker basket of flowers, the basket forming the lower two cases of the inro and the flowers a portion of the middle case and the top case, rendered in gold takamaki-e with fundame details, the cases nashiji; fitted with a soft metal bead ojime cast with large chrysanthemum blossoms, signed Eifu--4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, edge chips