Property from a private collection MASAYOSHIA lacquer five-case inrō Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century Of lenticular profile, with integral cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and brown hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a dark brown-lacquer ground sprinkled with hirame , depicting swallows and wisteria, the interior fundame with patches of nashiji , signed Masayoshi saku ; fitted with a brass ojime formed as a jar 3 3/8in (8.6cm) high Provenance Xanadu Gallery, San Francisco, August, 2010