A JAPANESE TWO-CASE WOOD INRO EDO OR MEIJI, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY Possibly made of kurogaki (black persimmon), carved to one side with a lone figure walking on a bridge leading to a heavenly palace, the reverse with the Goddess Seiobo and two attendants standing beneath the fruiting branches of a peach tree, the base with a three-character signature, 7cm. Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.