Four-box lacquered wood inro with ro iro background, Japan, Edo period, 19th century Decorated in hiramaki e, gold and silver tamaki e and nashiji with three round medallions featuring peony flowers in one, plum blossoms and branches in another, and a coiled hôhô (phoenix) in the last. It features a black wooden netsuke depicting a bull on a terrace. Ojime in tinted glass. 8 x 5.7 cm