INRO WITH A CARP AGAINST A WATERFALL BY KAKOSAI
Circa 1880
9 x 5 cm
3 ½ x 2 in
A five-case gold lacquer inro decorated in takamakie, togidashi, kirigane and nashiji with a carp swimming against a waterfall. The details in mica and the interior of gyobu. With a netsuke of a natural double gourd and a wood ojime carved with waves.
Signed Kakosai with red seal
鯉滝登図金蒔絵印籠 銘 可交斎