A black-lacquer large three-case inro By Genrin, 18th century The wide body with a black lacquer ground embellished with scattered gold lacquer and shell dust, lacquered with a continuous design of a large ho-o bird among swirling clouds, in gold takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane, e-nashiji and shell, the interior of matt gold lacquer, signed Genrin saku with a kao; with a marbled glass ojime. 10.1cm (4in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 鳳凰図蒔絵螺鈿印籠　銘「阮侖（花押）」　18世紀 Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1985. Wrangham collection, no.1773. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.58, Genrin. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 231. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/231/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com