A JAPANESE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated to one side with an ornate battledore

A JAPANESE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO

MEIJI 1868-1912

Decorated to one side with an ornate battledore, hagoita, and a shuttlecock made of seeds and feathers, and to the other with a small cat running away from the toy, in silver and gold hiramaki-e and nashiji on a roiro lacquer ground, signed to the underside Komin in red, 7cm.

Provenance: the collection of an English gentleman, acquired from Spink.