A JAPANESE INLAID WOOD SAYA INRO

£1,000 - £2,000 £3,150

A JAPANESE INLAID WOOD SAYA INRO
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Possibly made of kurogaki (persimmon wood), decorated with a variety of vegetables in relief including a pumpkin, its surface rendered with minute grains and seeds; two small lacquer aubergines, and a lotus root made of pewter; the inner drawer divided into three compartments with three small paper containers, 7.8cm. (5)

Provenance: formerly the W L Behrens Collection, listed in H L Joly, The W.L. Behrens Collection: Netsuke and Japanese Carvings, no. 1269.