A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE METAL-INLAID GOLD LACQUER INRO BY SHOKASAI

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE METAL-INLAID GOLD LACQUER INRO BY SHOKASAI
EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular rounded form, decorated in gold takamakie and hiramakie, togidashi and hirame against a kinji ground, one side inlaid in mixed metal with a horse rider in an extensive landscape, observing two cranes flying over him; the reverse with a samurai on foot, with Mount Fuji towering behind pines in the distance; each applied figure rendered in iroe takazogan; the base signed Shokasai; attached to a wood netsuke carved as two small dogs on a circular bamboo mat, a two-character signature underneath, the inro 9cm.