AN INLAID BRONZE OR COPPER SMALL TWO-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe upright body decorated in high relief metal inlays of gilt, silver, and bronze with Daikoku dragging his sack, a basket containing shells lying on a sprig of flowers and Daruma on one side and atamamushi (jewel beetle), a peony blossom, and a prancingshishi (Chinese mythical lion) on the other,unsigned; with anojime pierced with autumn plants and flowers and a flattened, circular openwork bronzemanju netsuke carved with overlapping dragonflies, wasps, and cicadas crawling over autumn plants and flowers;unsigned.The inro: 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high; the manju netsuke: 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.