A roiro (black-lacquer) five-case inro Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800 The rich black-lacquer ground decorated with togidashi maki-e, depicting a red spiny lobster perched on rocks at the shoreline, swirling waves crashing against the rocks, the spray of gold and silver mura-nashiji, unsigned; with a red coral ojime. 9cm (3½in) high. 注脚 Provenance: Donald Mendelson Collection. Sold at Christie's, London, 28 October 1981, lot 110.