A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with a continuous design of a flowering tree in gold and silver takamaki-e, nashiji and hiramaki-e on the black roiro ground, signed in red lacquer to the side with a four-character seal mark in a rectangular cartouche for Shiomi Masanari, attached to a coral ojime and with an en-suite square manju netsuke, decorated with a weeping willow in gold lacquer on the black ground, with three decorative metal studs, the back with a long inscription and a two-character signature for Komin, the inro 7.4cm.

Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.