A black-lacquer five-case inro By Yamada Jokasai, 18th/19th century The vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a continuous design of an itokuriguruma (spinning wheel), an itomaki (silk-winder) and a spool of thread, in gold takamaki-e with details of inlaid pewter and shell, the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims, signed with incised characters Joka; with a cloisonné-enamel ojime. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 糸車に糸巻図蒔絵印籠　銘「常加」　18/19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, New York, 1981. Wrangham collection, no.1508. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.98, Joka(sai), Yamada, top row, third from left. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 105. www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/105/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com