Property from a private collection AN INLAID FIVE-ASE LACQUER SHEATH INRŌEdo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in inlaid ceramic and red-lacquer with a pot on a Chinese-style stand, and irises tied with a thin red string, all against a black-lacquer ground, the inners cases black lacquer with fundame edges; black-lacquer bead ojime 5 1/8in (13.2cm) high Provenance The Jade Dragon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2012