TWO JAPANESE LACQUER INROS

TWO JAPANESE LACQUER INROS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first with four cases, decorated with bundles of pine branches and of a leafy plant with red berries, with a metal ojime and a coral netsuke carved as the God of Wind Fujin carrying his bag of air; the other inro with a side door sliding to reveal two miniature drawers, painted in gold lacquer with cranes, with a glass ojime and a seed netsuke; together with a bamboo container and lid, possibly an Ainu tobacco box, 8.3cm max. (3)

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Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).