Property from a private collection JITOKUSAI GYOKUZANA Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, aokin , and colored togidashi maki-e against a polished black roiro background sprinkled with gold and silver hirame , depicting a mass of autumn plants, the interior gold nashiji , signed in gold hiramaki-e Jitokusai Gyokuzan with a kao (cursive monogram); ojime ribbed carved red lacquer; manjū netsuke lacquer with a flower arrangement 3 1/4in (8.2cm) high Provenance Antiques by Constantine, London, 1978 Edward Wrangham Collection, no.1399 , London, May 15, 2021, lot 313 Signature Published E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inrō Artists , Harehope, Northumberland, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.63, column 1, Gyokuzan, top row, second from left