A black-lacquer four-case inro By Tatsuke Toshihide II (1771-circa 1842), dated 1821 The rich roiro ground lacquered with a continuous elaborate scene of possibly Suruga Bay, depicting islands set with small huts among pine trees, with Mount Fuji in the distance, all in delicate gold togidashi maki-e, the interior of roiro with kinji edges; signed and dated Bunsei kanoto-mi kito rokujugosai Toshihide sake (made by Toshihide at the age of 65 in winter of the kanoto-mi year of Bunsei [1821]) with a red seal Tokei. 7.6cm (3in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 駿河湾に富士図蒔絵印籠　銘「文政辛巳季冬六十五歳寿秀作　東渓（方印）」　1821年 Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1978. Wrangham collection, no.1408. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.306, Toshihide, Tatsuke, top row, centre. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 130. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/130/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com