A four-case lacquer inro in Rimpa style with ivory manju

Description:

Japan, Edo period
8,2 x 3 cm
Five-piece, stepped cordüguidance. Gold lacquer background with a stag inlaid with colourful iridescent mother-of-pearl. Matching ivory manju with engraved decoration of a stag next to a buddhist tôrô.
From a South German private collection, collected by several generations since 1912 - The EU sales licence for this lot is available - Wear, traces of age