A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Decorated in gold lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, kirikane and inlaid mother-of-pearl on black lacquer ground, with design of the Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra)
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1950, by repute
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent