An elegant four-case inrō. 19th century

An elegant four-case inrō. 19th century Of standard shape bearing a black lacquer ground, decorated with fireflies seen through a fine gauze screen, while the cord runners are formed as bamboo canes supporting the screen, lacquered in hiramaki-e, the firefly’s lanterns emitting light inlaid with gold foil and iridescent aogai. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Along with an umimatsu ojime engraved with a goose, susuki and a poem, signed with the gold seal To. Inside a piece of paper with handwritten inscription and the note ‘ex E. J. C. Gardiner Coll.’. Height 8.3 cm; width 4.9 cm

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