Property from a private collection KOMA KANSAI LINEAGE, AFTER OGATA KŌRINA Rōgin Lacquer Five-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), early-mid 19th century Of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold and silver kirigane accents against a rōgin ( shibuichi-nuri ) gray ground, depicting a bee flying over a nanten ( Nandina domestica ) plant with red berries, the berries coral, the bee inlaid with gold, the interior gold nashiji , signed Kōrin hitsu, Kansai utsusu (Painted [design] by Kōrin, copied by Kansai); netsuke in the form of a kemari (courtly football) lacquered in similar style, depicting a maple leaf, cherry blossom, and pine needles in takamaki-e , signed Kansai 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high Provenance Sotheby's, London, 1965 Edward Wrangham Collection, no.455 , London, May 15, 2012, lot 256 Signature Published E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inrō Artists , Harehope, Northumberland, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.113, right column, top row, center