Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord-runners, bearing a rich okibirame ground, lacquered in relief with a continuous design of shrimp, in shades of red lacquer with black details, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma Koryu under the bottom; with a red ojime of cylindrical form. In very good conditions, very minor wears on the surface.9cm high, 5,5 cm wideA GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO SIGNED KOMA KORYU, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (1603-1868), 19TH CENTURYProvenance: from the private collection of an important Italian ambassador and thence by descent