Japanese lacquer four-case inro, 19th century bearing a mokume-nuri ground, the front with a falcon tethered to an elaborate stand inlaid with aogai and gold kirikane, the reverse with a pair of small birds in flight above the stand, with a spray of flowers, the birds of hirame, the interior of rich nashihi, signed paper label, with a metal ojime decorated with a cricket amongst foliage, and a ivory netsuke of a hawk perched on a gnarled branch, the case 9.5cm high, the netsuke 4.5cm high (3)