AN INLAID GOLD AND CARVED-RED-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryOf upright form, decorated in goldtakamaki-e andkirikane with two lobed panels enclosing on one side a monkey seated beneath a branch of ripe peaches on rocks in front of a waterfall, the design continuing on the other side with two other monkeys, all reserved on a richGyobu nashiji ground, the sides, top, and bottom of carved red lacquer, engraved with repeated foliate motifs;unsigned.9.5cm (3¾in) high.Provenance: Provenance:Sold at Drouot, Paris, 1967 (with a paper label in French).