A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with three banners to one side, the reverse with a heavenly palace raised on a rainbow; with details rendered in silver, red and gold lacquer, and in aogai (mother of pearl) inlays, the base signed Yoyusai with kao; together with a wood netsuke carved as a pavilion underneath large pine trees, the inro 7cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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