A five-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century), signed Jokasai with cursive monogram (kao) and with inlaid metal signature Yanagawa Naotsune
Decorated in varicolored gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid mixed-metal figures with scenes from the legend of Momotaro, the obverse with the old man from the story gathering wood in the forest and the reverse with the old woman discovering the peach carrying tiny Momotaro floating down the river, all against a kinji ground; with an ivory netsuke of a man sitting on a large bundle of wood, a small frog at his feet, signed Ryozan; with coral ojime
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
A five-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century), signed Jokasai with cursive monogram (kao) and with inlaid metal signature Yanagawa Naotsune
Decorated in varicolored gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and inlaid mixed-metal figures with scenes from the legend of Momotaro, the obverse with the old man from the story gathering wood in the forest and the reverse with the old woman discovering the peach carrying tiny Momotaro floating down the river, all against a kinji ground; with an ivory netsuke of a man sitting on a large bundle of wood, a small frog at his feet, signed Ryozan; with coral ojime
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
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