A Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro

The broad rectangular body with a roiro ground with a sparse dusting of gold powder, lacquered in gold takamaki-e, e-nashiji with a flock of sparrows in flight amidst tall stems of bamboo, all the birds and the bamboo shoots applied in low relief cloisonné-enamel, the interior risers of rich nashji, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Koma Koryu saku ; with a cloisonné-enamel ojime decorated with foliate motifs.

Estimate:£2,000

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