A SUPERB SUZURIBAKO decorated with an Imperial ox-carriage in kinji takamakie and hiramakie, silver and aogai on a dark reddish-brown nunome-textured ground, the carriage roof and sides decorated with hoshimon among scrolling tendrils, the inside cover with three bell-crickets on pampas grass, and silver dewdrops (one missing) on a hirame ground, the interior fitted with a long slate suzuri and a gilt-splashed shibuichi suiteki shaped as a folded love-letter, unsigned, 19th Century