20. * A SILVER, GILT, AND COPPER INLAID MINIATURE GISSHA (OX-DRAWN CARRIAGE) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century Constructed in several detachable sections, decorated in gilt, silver, and copper flat relief, the rectangular roof carved with two hō-ō birds in flight, all four sides with window curtains with simulated sudare (bamboo blinds), the back with a pair of hinged doors that open to reveal three interior black-lacquered drawers, the two-spoked wheels decorated with scrolling karakusa ('Chinese grasses') in gilt, the pair of long parallel shafts applied with gilt fittings carved with stylised flowerheads resting on a separate en-suite four-footed rectangular low stand; unsigned; with a plain wood box 25,5cm x 41cm (3).