A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOYO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (IIZUKA TOYO II)

A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOYO WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (IIZUKA TOYO II)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, kirikane, enashiji and inlaid mother-of-pearl, with design of Hotei walking three children, signed on base
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.)

Provenance
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent