A five-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (18th century), signed Koma Koryu saku
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid mixed-metal with the twelve animal symbols of the Zodiac in variously shaped reserves and roundels, all against a nashiji and kirikane ground; with an ivory netsuke of the twelve animal symbols of the Zodiac, signed Tomokazu
3 1/8in. (9.3cm.) long
A five-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (18th century), signed Koma Koryu saku
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid mixed-metal with the twelve animal symbols of the Zodiac in variously shaped reserves and roundels, all against a nashiji and kirikane ground; with an ivory netsuke of the twelve animal symbols of the Zodiac, signed Tomokazu
3 1/8in. (9.3cm.) long
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