A RARE LARGE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), DATED SHOHO YON HINOTOI SHOSHUN (EARLY SPRING OF 1647), SIGNED KAJIKAWA KYUJIRO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
The large four-case inro decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and inlaid unstained and green-stained stag-antler with a dragon appearing among clouds set on a roiro ground with gold flecks, interior with nashiji ground, dated and signed on base; wood ojime carved as three-sided sake flask, signed Ippo
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) tall
A RARE LARGE LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), DATED SHOHO YON HINOTOI SHOSHUN (EARLY SPRING OF 1647), SIGNED KAJIKAWA KYUJIRO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO)
The large four-case inro decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e and inlaid unstained and green-stained stag-antler with a dragon appearing among clouds set on a roiro ground with gold flecks, interior with nashiji ground, dated and signed on base; wood ojime carved as three-sided sake flask, signed Ippo
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) tall