A gold-lacquer three-case inro By Koami Choko (Nagataka) after a design by Hogen Terunobu, early 19th century The kinji ground lacquered and inlaid with several dragonflies in gold and red takamaki-e, partly inlaid with shell, the interior of matt gold lacquer, signed Koami Choko (Nagataka), Hogen Terunobu kore o egaku; with a carnelian ojime; and a gold lacquer hako netsuke decorated with a fruiting kaki (persimmon) branch, one fruit inlaid with coral, signed Koami Inaba Choko with a kao. 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 蜻蛉図蒔絵印籠　銘「幸阿弥長孝」「法眼英信画之」　19世紀前期 Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1975. Wrangham collection, no.1306. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.41, Choko, Koami, the inro bottom row, second from left; the netsuke top row, second from right. The originator of the design, Kano Terunobu (1717-1763) was greatly favoured by the shogun Ieharu and became the eleventh head of the Nakabashi Kano line. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 147. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/147/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com