A GOLD-LACQUER CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Lacquered in slight red and gold takamaki-e with an aoi-mon decorated, stationed goshoguruma (courtier's ox-drawn carriage) resting on its shafts, its lowered bamboo blinds tantalizingly suggesting the presence of an elegant lady or nobleman inside, alluding to the Aoi chapter in Genji monogatari ('Tale of Genji'), the reverse with windswept autumnal plants of chrysanthemums and grasses, the interior of dense nashiji, unsigned; with modern wood netsuke of two puppies; unsigned; with a wood storage box. 8.7cm x 8.7cm (3 3/8in x 3 3/8in). (2).
A GOLD-LACQUER CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Lacquered in slight red and gold takamaki-e with an aoi-mon decorated, stationed goshoguruma (courtier's ox-drawn carriage) resting on its shafts, its lowered bamboo blinds tantalizingly suggesting the presence of an elegant lady or nobleman inside, alluding to the Aoi chapter in Genji monogatari ('Tale of Genji'), the reverse with windswept autumnal plants of chrysanthemums and grasses, the interior of dense nashiji, unsigned; with modern wood netsuke of two puppies; unsigned; with a wood storage box. 8.7cm x 8.7cm (3 3/8in x 3 3/8in). (2).
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