A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMONE SAKU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI; 1900-1978)

A FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO
TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMONE SAKU WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) (YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI; 1900-1978)
Decorated in polychrome lacquer takamaki-e with kirikane detail on gold and silver fundame ground, with a Portuguese with a hound, cranes flying over Chinese figures on the other side, signature on base
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1957
Private collection assembled by the current owner’s great-grandfather, thence by descent