A four-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century), with signature Haritsu saku
Decorated in inlaid glazed stoneware, mother-of-pearl and varicolored gold and silver takamaki-e with a cricket and leaves, the reverse with bean pods and blossoms, all against a sparse nashiji ground, the interior nashiji; with a carved ivory netsuke of blossoms, leaves and a small beetle, signed Mitsuhiro and sealed Ohara (Ohara Mitsuhiro; 1810-1875) and with soft-metal bead ojime cast with flowers
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
A four-case lacquer inro**
Edo period (19th century), with signature Haritsu saku
Decorated in inlaid glazed stoneware, mother-of-pearl and varicolored gold and silver takamaki-e with a cricket and leaves, the reverse with bean pods and blossoms, all against a sparse nashiji ground, the interior nashiji; with a carved ivory netsuke of blossoms, leaves and a small beetle, signed Mitsuhiro and sealed Ohara (Ohara Mitsuhiro; 1810-1875) and with soft-metal bead ojime cast with flowers
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
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