A four-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold and black takamaki-e and kirikane with two black cicadas climbing a bamboo fence simulated in gold lacquer on each side, the interior nashiji; with an ivory netsuke of a realistically carved cicada signed Sengen and with glass bead ojime
3in. (7.6cm.) long
A four-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold and black takamaki-e and kirikane with two black cicadas climbing a bamboo fence simulated in gold lacquer on each side, the interior nashiji; with an ivory netsuke of a realistically carved cicada signed Sengen and with glass bead ojime
3in. (7.6cm.) long