A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY KOMA KYUHAKU MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The tall body decorated to one side with Jurojiin observing a minogame, the God of Longevity wearing ornate robes embellished with phoenix mon, the reverse with three cranes, the slender birds with details rendered in silver and red lacquer, the base signed Koma Kyuhaku; together with a wood netsuke carved as Jurojin and a small boy, the inro 9.5cm. Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.