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By Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo, 1663-1747), 18th century The circular inro lacquered in gold and red lacquer against a brown ground finished to resemble red bronze and designed as a gong decorated with an animated tree in a suiban set into a bronze basin set on tripod feet and decorated with "flush-inlaid gold", the tree undergoing a transformation into a writhing dragon, the reverse with the archaistic character ryu (dragon) framed by two wispy Chinese style dragons in clouds, all raised in relief, the sides decorated with a lute and a horn in gold takamaki-e and the himotoshi with "grommets" in silver takamaki-e, interiors roiro-nuri with fundame edges, signed on the top of the interior of the top case Ritsuo and ceramic seal Kan 2 1/2in (5.6cm) diameter