Property from a private collection A LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRŌEdo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of lenticular profile with applied cord runners decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with highlights of hirame and kirigane on a roiro-nuri ground with a Himalayan black bear and cubs by bamboo and rocks, with butterflies circling overhead, the bears eyes inlaid in glass, the interior nashiji ; silver-lacquer bead ojime 3 1/4in (8.2cm) high None