A three-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (18th-19th century)
Decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and aogai inlay with ducks against a kinji ground, the interiors okibirame; with pierced ivory netsuke carved with woven baskets and stylized waves and with an inlaid gold mandarin duck carved in high relief and with pierced metal-bead ojime
3¼in. (8.4cm.) long
A three-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (18th-19th century)
Decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and aogai inlay with ducks against a kinji ground, the interiors okibirame; with pierced ivory netsuke carved with woven baskets and stylized waves and with an inlaid gold mandarin duck carved in high relief and with pierced metal-bead ojime
3¼in. (8.4cm.) long