Inro with 4 lacquer compartments Edo period 19th

On a fundame lacquer base, the decoration, on one side, black and red, of a rooster, hen and chicks under bamboo with the sea in the background and on the other side a fisherman's hut by the sea in front of the imposing presence of Mount Fuji. The lacquer work is particularly subtle in hira and taka maki-e. The interior of the compartments is in nashiji lacquer. The ojime is made of malachite. Signed: Nikkosai. Height: 8,4 cm.