"SAYA-INRÔ" with four compartments, narrow and elongated in shape; the two-part saya is entirely inlaid with rows of mother-of-pearl strips, enclosing the inrô, which is covered with a pattern of star-shaped geometric motifs in red takamaki-e lacquer on a light brown ground; the interior is lacquered light brown. With an agate ojime and a boxwood sashi-netsuke depicting a ‘kappa’ with very long legs, holding a fish and a bundle of sticks. In its wooden box. (Minor signs of wear). Japan, Edo period, 18th–early 19th centuries. FOUR-BOXED MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND RED LACQUER ‘SAYA-INRÔ’, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH–EARLY 19TH CENTURIES. DIM. – (INRÔ) 12 × 5 cm (4 3/4 × 2 in.) – HEIGHT (NETSUKE) 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)