A Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro with Lacquer Hako-Netsuke

The upright lenticular body with a lustrous roiro ground lacquered in delicate gold and iro-e togidashi maki-e, with subtle details in kirikane depicting a night scene of the ghost of an old woman emerging from flames on one side, a willow tree overhanging a meandering stream and a crescent moon on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji , signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Ikeda Taishin , with an inlaid copper ojime of flattened cylindrical form decorated with lilies, applied in silver and gilt high relief and a lacquer hako- netsuke of rounded square form with bamboo cover lacquered in gold and black takamaki-e with a bundle of tied brushwood attached with a branch of maple leaning to one side, the box of shitan-nuri (rosewood lacquer), signed on the reverse in gold hiramaki-e Taishin .

Estimate:£2,000

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