Chinkei (active 19th century)A four-case lacquer inroEdo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryThe dark brown ground decorated with combed waves in black lacquer and various seashells in painted ceramic inlays, and gold-lacquer waterweeds, the interiors fundame with silver liners and each applied with silver tablets for inscriptions, signed on a pottery tablet Chinkei 3in (7.7cm) high注脚ProvenanceE. A. Wrangham Collection, sold, Bonhams, London, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, Part II, May 10, 2011, lot 341Arthur Kay Collection, no.0587Wrangham Collection, no.1360, purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1977PublishedE.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.37, Chinkei, top left