L19 Ho-Ho Bird Inro with kagamibuta



THE JAPANESE COLLECTION Ho-Ho Bird Inro Kajikawa saku four case inro. L19 Gold lacquer four case inro decorated on the kinji ground with a ho-ho bird perched on a flowering cherry branch, the reverse similarly decorated with its mate beside a stream. Signed: Kajikawa saku Provenance: Eskenazi Dimensions: 9.5cm long x 5cm wide Ojime: Metal with raised birds on a branch. Netsuke: Kagamibuta, the gold lacquer bowl bearing a metal plate, inlaid with birds and flowers. NL19 Japan, 19th century Signed: Unsigned