A Lacquer Four-Case Inro

The rounded lenticular body with a lightly gold-sprinkled roiro ground partly embellished with mura-nashiji lacquered in slight red and sumi-e togidashi maki-e with a continuous moon-lit scene, the full moon rendered in silver togidashi maki-e on the top case, depicting in silhouette a group of revelers including a man holding a lantern, children, a samurai and other passerbys along the banks of the Sumida river enjoying a firework display, three bats rendered in silver hiramaki-e hovering above, the interior risers of nashiji with red-lacquered floors and ceilings, signed on the base in gold hiramaki-e Koma Koryu with a kao , with an amber ojime .

Estimate:£1,500

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