A Four-Case Lacquer Inro**

A Four-Case Lacquer Inro**
Edo Period (19th Century), with signature Koma Koryu saku and with kao [cursive monogram]
The slender inro decorated in gold and brown takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with river barges carrying bundles of wood, inlaid in lead, and applied with gold lacquer to delineate individual sticks of wood, the waves of the river togidashi and the sky mura-nashiji, the reverse a continuation of the design, the interior nashiji; fitted with a carnelian bead ojime and an ivory netsuke modelled as a boat with two oars, with signature Sukefumi
33/8in. (8.6cm.) long