AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e and kirikane lacquer on the black roiro ground, with a large writhing dragon to one side and scrolling clouds to the other, together with a coral ojime, the inro 7cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.