A gold-lacquer and silver-mounted shibayama style two-case inro in the form of a lantern

A gold-lacquer and silver-mounted shibayama style two-case inro in the form of a lantern
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The rounded rectangular kinji body decorated with various materials in Shibayama style with two revellers, a wakashu (young man) dancing with a fan to the accompaniment of music and a lady wearing a hozutsumi (female winter headgear covering cheeks and head) on one side and tied stalks of peony applied in high relief of enamels and shell on the other, the top and bottom applied with silver mounts inlaid with formal scrolling foliage in coloured enamels, the interior of dense nashiji; unsigned. 12.1cm (4¾in) high.