Lot 488 Dα

A four-case inrô. 19th century

Displaying a flying crane above an old tree trunk and pine branches on the reverse, in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a little kirikane on a black lacquer ground. Nashiji and fundame to the inside. Minor damage. Along with a yellow ojime and a boxwood netsuke of a clam with a pavillion inside, signed Mitsunobu.
Height 7.6 cm; width 5.5 cm