Two lacquer inro

Two lacquer inro
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first of gold lacquer and four cases, lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a mandarin duck on a rock by a stream, a wading bird on the reverse, signed Shokasai, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high, with an ivory netsuke of a resting chicken, unsigned and an ivory ojime of a hatching chick, inscribed Mitsuhiro; the second a red-lacquer inro of five cases, lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a shishi and peony, unsigned, 9.5cm (3¾in) high, with a glass ojime. (2).