KOMA KORYU LINEAGE A Gold-and-Black-Lacquer Inro-Kake (Display Stand for Inro) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century (2)KOMA KORYU LINEAGEA Gold-and-Black-Lacquer Inro-Kake (Display Stand for Inro) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th centuryFormed of two hinged sections, each comprising a lower panel resting on a horizontal crosspiece cut with two low feet and supporting four uprights and three further crosspieces, each middle crosspiece cut with six openings for cords suspending inro to create an elegant display; all components except the lower panels covered in gold and silver hiramaki-e lacquer in shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) patterns, the lower panels decorated with four discrete scenes: Mount Fuji and a pine tree; children playing with kites; a crane flying up from a stream; and a waterscape, all executed in gold, silver, and coloured hiramaki-e, with liberal applications of gold hirame, on a black roiro ground, the kite and crane scenes accompanied by, respectively, Japanese and Chinese poems in gold hiramaki-e; the hinges, corners, and foot reinforcements all of silver nanako chiselled with karakusa ('Chinese grass') arabesques; the liners to the cord opening plain silver; signed at lower left Koma Koryu saku; with a lacquered wood storage box inscribed Tansu tsuki inro-gake (Inro stand with a chest of drawers). 44.7cm x 134.5cm (17 5/8in x 53in), unfolded. (2).None