Property from a private collection INAGAWA LINEAGEA Black Lacquer Five-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e against a roiro polished black lacquer ground, depicting three rabbits resting among flowering plants, a bird flying overhead, the interior gold nashiji , signed Inagawa saku (Made by Inagawa) 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high Provenance Harriet Szechenyi Collection , London, November 8, 2011, lot 249