Property from a private collection SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with shell inlay against a roiro polished black lacquer ground sprinkled with sparse gold hirame , depicting a wild boar sleeping amongst autumn plants under the full moon (on the reverse), the interior of roiro lacquer with gold lacquer rims, signed with two seals Shiomi and Masanari ; lacquer bead ojime ; rōgin manjū netsuke decorated with chrysanthemums in gold takamaki-e , signed Kensei 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high Provenance Harriet Szechenyi Collection , London, November 8, 2011, lot 258