An early gold-lacquer and inlaid four-case inroEdo period (1615-1868), 17th century
The upright body inlaid in silver high relief with an eagle perched on a rock on one side and a shishi running over a rock above a fast flowing stream on the other, the cord runners inlaid in silver with formal kirimon, on a ground of rubbed gold lacquer, the interior of red lacquer with nashiji walls, unsigned; with a lacquered wood netsuke in the form of a tabako-ire with a simulated metal clasp in the form of a roof tile decorated with a shishi on a ground of aogai imitating basketwork; and a coral ojime; with a wood storage box. The inro: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. (2).