Three-frame ivory inro, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Decorated in takamaki e of two golds, with a plum blossom and two suzumushi (a variety of cricket) in grasses. On the other side, in the same technique, a peony and kikyo (bellflowers) around a rock. Ivory manju netsuke decorated in taka zogan of tortoiseshell and tinted ivory with a flower and asagao (Japanese bindweed) leaves. Brass ojime imitating the shape of an archaic vase with handles in the form of stylized bifid dragons. 7.3 x 5.5 cm; weight: 73 g Provenance : Ader Picard Tajan sale, Hôtel Drouot, April 30, 1985, lot 202. N°CIC: FR2307511474-K