A dark lacquer five-case inro By Koami Hirose Nagaharu, early 19th century The ground of dark nashiji embellished with scattered hirame and decorated with a dragon among turbulent waves in black lacquer relief, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Hirose Nagaharu saku, with a coral ojime. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 波に龍図蒔絵印籠　銘「廣瀬永治作」　19世紀前期 Provenance: purchased at Christie's, Rome, 1988. Wrangham collection, no.1885. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 165. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/165/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com