A gold-lacquer four-case inro By Kurimoto Ryosei, 19th century The vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered to one side with Ebisu crouching on a rocky shore, having just caught a fish, and on the other with Daikoku holding his mallet and carrying his sack of treasure over his back, all in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e with hiramaki-e details, the top and base lacquered with karakusa ('Chinese grasses') and the interior of nashiji, signed Kurimoto Ryosei with a kao; with a simulated coral ojime. 9.9cm (3 7/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 恵比寿大黒図蒔絵印籠　銘「栗本良清（花押）」　19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Rome, 1988. Wrangham collection, no.1893. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.214, Ryosei. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 277. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/277/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com