A four-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century), signed Kanshosai
Decorated in varicolored gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane with scenes of monkeys on rocks and in maple trees at the foot of a cascade, all against a kinji ground; with a wood netsuke carved and lacquered as a seated monkey picking its teeth and also with an ivory ojime of the Three Mystic Apes who refuse to speak, hear or see evil, signed Ikkosai (Saito Itaro; 1804-1876)
3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) long
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Previously sold in our Park Avenue Rooms, 19 March, 1997, lot 38