Four lacquer inro


Edo period (1615-1868), 17th and 18th centuryThe first a black-lacquer four-case inro, decorated in relief with a water battle scene, unsigned, 8cm (3 1/8in) high; the second a black ishime lacquer four-case inro with a dragon amid clouds, in gold takamaki-e, signed on the bottom Ryugyokusai, 10.8cm (4¼in) high; the third a black-lacquer three-case inro lacquered in gold takamaki-e with tea ceremony utensils and an incense burner in front of a two-panel folding screen, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high; the fourth a gold-lacquer four-case inro with a hawk perched on a pine branch, in gold takamaki-e with inlaid shell details, unsigned, 8cm (3 3/8in); with a lacquered wood manju-netsuke carved with foliage, unsigned. (4).