Lot 272 Dα

A four-case inrô. Second half 19th century

Decorated with a dragon rising from cloud swirls towards Mount Fuji, at the base billowing waves, all in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane on kinji, the dragon of carved mother-of-pearl, the eye of glass, the whiskers of gilt metal, the claws inlaid black. Signed Shibayama saku on a mother-of-pearl tablet. To the inside nashiji and fundame.
Height 8.4 cm; width 5.5 cm