Japan, Edo period, length 7.1 cm (inr?), diameter 4.5 cm (netsuke). Four case inr? with gold, silver and red maki-e on roiro ground. Gilt lacquered inscription at side: H?ei 7 kanoe tora toshi shoshun gy?nen rokuj?yon sai ?, Shiomi Masanari kaku (at the beginning of spring in H?ei 7 (1710), the kanoe tora year, painted by an old man of 64 years, Shiomi Masanari) and red lacquered seal in rectangular cartouche: Shiomi Masanari. Completed by a lacquered manju netsuke and a globular carnelian ojime. Wooden box. Provenance: Old Swiss private collection.