Two five-part gold lacquer inrô with cranes and Kinko Sennin respectively

Description:

Japan. 19th c.
8,9 x 4,8 cm und 9,6 x 5 cm
a) Decorated in gold-takamaki-e and black and red lacquer with five flying cranes above pine branches on kinji; b) Decorated in gold takamaki-e and black lacquer with Kinko Sennin with a scroll riding on a carp over waves. Traces of use. Ojime of tsugaru-nuri lacquer. Netsuke of lacquered, pressed horn in the shape of a manzai dancer.
From a South German private collection, assembled by several generations in the family since 1912 - Traces of use