Japan, 18/19th c. Height 8 cm. Four-case. Decorated in gold, silver and mother of pearl inlays with flying paperdolls and reed on redbrown lacquered ground. Unsigned. Minor damage. Provenance: Old private collection, purchased at Gallerie Koller Zurich, A34, November 1975, lot 442. Ex. Tomkinson Collection No. 520 (collector's seal at base).