A fine five-case lacquer inroMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe large inro with a bright kinji ground sprinkled with hirame and decorated with Soga no Goro and Asahina Saburo, the former pulling the skirt of the latter's armor, in gold and colored takamaki-e with details in e-nashiji, the eyes inlaid in glass, the interior cases nashiji; with gilt-metal ojime engraved with a flowering prunus 4in (10.2cm) high注脚ProvenancePreviously sold, these Rooms, March 19, 2013, lot 2216Sotheby's, London, July 18, 1984, lot 462