A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE INRO MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated in red

A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE INRO

MEIJI 1868-1912

Decorated in red, gold and silver takaramaki-e with a large bouquet of nadeshiko (frilled carnations) on a deep black roiro ground, some petals inlaid in aogai, the reverse with further flowers in a fan-shaped panel on a gold ground, signed Kajikawa saku with a red vessel seal, 8cm.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th June 1986, lot 387, and then an English private collection, Surrey.