Three metal-inlaid miniature inro 19th century Comprising: a small copper two-case inro inlaid with a vase and a flying goose, signed Kikugawa; with a copper ojime; and a kagamibuta netsuke, the wood bowl with a copper plate, bearing the character ju, signed shichiju-o (at the age of 70), with a seal Mitsunobu, 4.2cm (1 5/8in); a silver single-case circular inro engraved and inlaid with butterflies and hagi (bush clover), signed Kikugawa with a kao, 3.8cm (1½in); and another engraved with a duck landing among water plants, unsigned, with a silver ojime, 3.2cm (1¼in). (3). Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 金工小印籠　三点　（月に雁、蝶に萩、鴨に野草）　19世紀 Provenance: the first purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1988. Wrangham collection, no.1882. The second purchased at Phillips, London, 1989. Wrangham collection, no.1957. The third purchased at Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 1986. Wrangham collection, no.1826. The first published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, left. The second published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, right. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 328. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/328/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com