A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO

EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated to one side with Shoki the Demon Queller holding an oni by the horn, the small monster with his hands clasped in prayer, probably begging for his release; the reverse with two further oni looking mischievous, one with a green complexion holding a kanabo spiked club, the design rendered in gold, silver and coloured takamaki-e lacquer on the okibirame ground, the base signed Jo O (Jokasai) with kao, together with a glass ojime, 7.5cm.

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