Lot 541 Dα

A four-case inrô. Late 19th century

Displaying a karasu-tengu with shouldered bundle and double gourd leading a young tengu by the 'hand', underneath a flowering cherry branch, on the reverse the cherry tree and three sparrows, in gold makie and brownish and black lacquer on a kinji ground, the blossoms of silver. To the inside nashiji and fundame, a little soiled. Silver ojime in shape of a vase.
Height 10.3 cm; width 4.9 cm