A RED-LACQUER CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO, AN INLAID GOLD-LACQUER CIRCULAR KOBAKO (SMALL BOX), AND TWO NETSUKEEdo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th to 20th centuryThe first a circular two-caseinro decorated on both sides in goldtakamaki-e and inlaid shell with stylised butterflies in flight among stylised plants and flowers, the interior of red lacquer,unsigned,7.7cm (3in) high; the second an inlaid gold-lacquer circular box conceived in the manner of Ogata Korin and decorated in goldtakamaki-e and applied with heavy pewter and shell with leafy camellia blooms on the top and underside, the interior similarly inlaid withsarutori ibara (Smilax china) floating on a stream,7.6cm (3in) diam.; the third a lacquered wood netsuke in the form of a snake hidden in the hollow of a pine tree, signed on the reverseToyo with akao,5.9cm (2¼in) high; the last a brass and silvered-metal netsuke in the form of a loofah gourd,unsigned;10cm (3 7/8in) long. (4).