A gold and brown lacquer rounded rectangular suzuribako decorated in hiramakie with a flower cart being pulled by a praying mantis on a nashiji ground, the reverse with Daruma, fitted with a silver butterfly-shaped inkwell and an inkstone (minor wear) -- 10¼in.long. See Colour Plate 2

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A gold and brown lacquer rounded rectangular suzuribako decorated in hiramakie with a flower cart being pulled by a praying mantis on a nashiji ground, the reverse with Daruma, fitted with a silver butterfly-shaped inkwell and an inkstone (minor wear) -- 10¼in.long. See Colour Plate 2

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