Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Comprising a lacquer study of a Chinese-style helmet, signed Yujo; a lacquer hako netsuke decorated with spools of thread, a koto bridge, and a leaf in gold and silver hiramaki-e and inlaid mother-of-pearl on a brown-lacquer ground, the interior hirame; a lacquer hako netsuke decorated in Rinpa style with open and closed fans in gold takamaki-e and inlays of pewter and mother-of-pearl on a kinji ground, the interior nashiji, signed Kanyosai Morimitsu; a rounded-rectangular Ryusa netsuke inset with a red-lacquer peony; a lacquered lotus root netsuke decorated with water striders in gold and black hiramaki-e, signed Morishige; an oval wood kagamibuta inset with a hardstone pierce-carved design on a bird in flowers; a shakudo and silver rounded-square manju netsuke finished in a simulated woven bamboo design; a stag-antler Ryusa netsuke inset with an iron plate decorated with a chrysanthemum in brass openwork; a wood manju netsuke decorated with simulated woven rattan and lacquer roundels of Chinese characters 1 5/8in (4.1cm) diameter, the largest