A JAPANESE RED LACQUER TWO-CASE INRO

Meiji period, decorated with a bear and its cub scaring a crab, 7cm high, together with a carved wood inro, decorated in relief with tigers, with a tiger form netsuke, the case 9cm high (2)

Provenance: the lacquered example was purchased from Anderson & Garland, 06/02/2020, £100, the carved wood example from Brighton and Hove, 10/01/2020, £65. Now the property of a deceased Estate from West Dorset.