A Gold Lacquer Five-Case Inro

The rounded rectangular body with a gold kinji ground, lacquered in gold and silver togidashi maki-e with an elephant standing on one side with a puzzled expression, surrounded by a group of five blindmen touching different parts of its body, the blindmen's discarded canes and geta (traditional elevated wood clogs) strewn on the ground and lying at the feet of a seated attendant, tall palm trees depicted in sumi-e on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji , signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Kanshosai with a kao ; with a pale brown stone ojime .

Estimate:£4,000

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