A JAPANESE CYLINDRICAL FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

A JAPANESE CYLINDRICAL FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with two scaly dragons writhing amongst scrolling clouds, the decoration rendered in gold, silver, black and red lacquer, the background painted en trompe l'oeil to simulate wood grain, with a wood netsuke carved as a dragon emerging from a makimono (handscroll painting), signed, the inro 7.5cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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