A Black Lacquer Three-Case Inro

The small rounded rectangular body with a lustrous roiro ground lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a wasp hovering beneath a wasp's nest on one side and two more wasps on the other, the design of the nest continuing over the surface of the cover, the interior risers of plain black lacquer, signed in gold hiramaki-e on the base Reisai utsusu , with a miniature shakudo ojime inlaid on each side in silver and shakudo low relief with a solitary butterfly.

Estimate:£1,500

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