A four-case lacquer inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Lacquered in gold, silver, and black takamaki-e and black and gold togidashi maki-e with embellishments of kirikane, kinpun and mura-nashiji against a kinji ground with Bukan reading beneath a craggy pine tree while his companion tiger playfully watches a meandering stream, the interior cases nashiji lacquer, signed on the bottom case Kakosai and sealed; fitted with a copper bead ojime decorated with peonies in iro-e takazogan and sealed Fuku (Happiness) 3 1/4in (8.3cm) high