Two four-case lacquer inro

Description:

Japan, 19th c.
L. 7,6-8,2 cm
1) Five-case inrō decorated with a partially depicted scroll painting in gold and red lacquer. The reverse depicting an arrangement of flowering chrysanthemums. With an agate ojime and a wooden netsuke modelled as Hotei. 2) Five-case inrō with inlaid decoration of various marine creatures. The reverse embellished with three chidori in mixed metals.
From an old German private collection - Partly traces of use