A five-case metal and shell-inlaid inro


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe slender inro decorated in gold, silver, red, and black takamaki-e with rolling waves on a beach with rocks and grasses, and inlaid with a standing crane in gold, copper, and shakudo takazogan, and several cranes in flight in mother-of-pearl and lacquer, the interiors nashiji; fitted with an iron bead ojime carved with flying cranes in waves highlighted in gilt 3 1/4in (8.3cm) long