A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated to one side with a hawk perched on a leafy maple tree, the reverse with two chidori birds in flight, with details rendered in black and gold lacquer, together with a corozo nut netsuke carved as two chestnuts, the inro 8.7cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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