Gold lacquer inro with coral gatherers
Joka
A four-case gold lacquer inrō depicting Southsea islanders gathering corals in the sea, worked in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and inlays of coral; the risers in gold fundame and the interior of nashiji. With an ebony netsuke of a Southsea islander holding a coral.
Joka
Edo/Meiji period, circa 1860
8.3 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
