KAJIKAWA: A FINE GOLD LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO WITH A FLOWERPOT AND BUTTERFLIES By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川 saku 作 with 'tsubo' seal Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of upright, rectangular form, bearing a kinji ground finely decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with an archaic Chinese censer with a key-fret band to the waist and repurposed as a flowerpot, planted with iris (shobu) and reeds, the soil with gold nashiji and kirigane, some details inlaid in mother-of-pearl, continuing to the reverse with two butterflies in flight, a third butterfly 'hiding' at the top of the inro. The interior with nashiji and gold fundame, the top case with an old Japanese label. The underside with the signature KAJIKAWA saku with a 'tsubo' (pot) seal in gold lacquer. With a gilt metal ojime of lobed globular form. HEIGHT 8.3 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear to lacquered details consistent with age and use, a small crack to the edge of one case, some minor surface scratches. Provenance: From a private collection in southern France. Old collector's label 'Kajikawa' attached.