A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRÔ WITH A PAIR OF PEACOCKS

Description:

Japan, 19th ct.
9,3 x 4,8 cm
The peacock standing en face and a picking hen, both in carved red lacquer and a pine tree in takamaki-e on a light brown lacquer ground, the outside walls of each compartment with kiri scrolls in chinkin-bori.
From a Berlin private collection, assembled prior to 2000
Slightly chipped and minor wear