A three-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed Kiyokawa saku and sealed Morimitsu
Decorated in varicolored gold, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane with painted shells from the kai-awase (shell matching) game, all against a kinji ground, the interior nashiji; with an ivory netsuke carved as a bivalve with figures inside digging for clams, signed Yoshimi, and with gold-lacquer bead ojime
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
A three-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (late 18th-early 19th century), signed Kiyokawa saku and sealed Morimitsu
Decorated in varicolored gold, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane with painted shells from the kai-awase (shell matching) game, all against a kinji ground, the interior nashiji; with an ivory netsuke carved as a bivalve with figures inside digging for clams, signed Yoshimi, and with gold-lacquer bead ojime
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
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