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Antique 18th C Japan Inro Trinket Box/Rouge Pot & Carved Bead Stone Ojime
$ 98.56
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Description
Presented is an old Rouge pot/trinket box, attached white seed as a connect, and a white mineral at the end decoraton.Rouge pots, similar to Inro box, are customarily wore by Asian folks (China, Japan, Korean, Vietnam, etc) a century ago, suspended (sometimes hidden) on their waist (clothes at that time has no pockets). They were used for holding small objects (such as medicine, fragrance, etc) and were traditionally accompanied or decorated with small Netsuke and/or Ojime (finely carved figurines/beads, rare and personal/meaning small decorators).
Size, 1.25" d1 1/8" h (pot), 3/4" x 1 1/8" x 5/8" (deco), 3/8" x 1/4" x 3/8" (bead), weight, 0.8 oz.
A rear collectible artifact!