The inro and en-suite lacquer hako-netsuke probably by Shunsho IX (Masaaki), Shunsho X (Masakane) or Shunsho XI (Masaoki)
The wide rounded-rectangular body embellished in gold and coloured takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, e-nashiji and kirikane with details inlaid in shell with a cockerel and two hens behind the vertical bars on one side and three pheasants on the other, both above a writhing dragon within a irregularly shaped panel, the interior of nashiji, the bottom of rich gyobu nashiji and signed in a gold-lacquer rectangular reserve Shunsho with seal Shun; with en-suite lacquer hako netsuke in the form of toy cat lacquered with cherry blossoms, maple leaves and chrysanthemums floating on a shippo-tsunagi (linked cash) ground, signed on the gyobu nashiji underside in a gold-lacquer rectangular reserve Shunsho saku; with a similarly lacquered and shell-inlaid ojime, unsigned.