A simulated leather and lacquered three-case inroStyle of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo), Edo period (1615-1868), early 18th century
In the form of a tabako-ire, the simulated leather ground of dark brown lacquer, decorated in silver and gold hiramaki-e with a large dragonfly, its head of inlaid aogai, another dragonfly on the reverse with its wings inlaid in shell, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a coral ojime; and a lacquered wood netsuke in the form of an ancient Chinese coin; with a wood storage box. The inro: 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).