A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Decorated to one side with a hawk perched on a leafy maple tree, the reverse with two chidori birds in flight, with details rendered in black and gold lacquer, together with a corozo nut netsuke carved as two chestnuts, the inro 8.7cm. Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.