A GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO By Kakosai, Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid 19th centuryA GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INROBy Kakosai, Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid 19th centuryThe kinji ground decorated in gold, silver, and slightly coloured takamaki-e depicting Noh actors, one dressed as the principal actor in the Noh drama Shojo (The Drunken Spirit), wearing a red wig, mask, elaborately patterned silk robes and carrying a fan, the details inlaid in shell, coral, and bone, the interior of nashiji, signed Kakosai and in a shell tablet Shibayama, 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high; the ojime stag-antler, in the form of a pierced double-gourd; the netsuke wood, depicting a Sanbaso dancer, crouching low as he raises a cluster of bells in his right hand, unsigned, 4cm (1½in) high.None