A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO

TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMONE SAKU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI; 1900-1978)

Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e with kirikane detail on gold and silver fundame ground, with a Portuguese with a hound, cranes flying over Chinese figures on the other side, signature on base

3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high