A black-lacquer three-case inro By Koma Yasutada, 19th century The wide rectangular body with a sparse nashiji ground lacquered with five grey herons on a weeping willow branch caught in a rain storm, in gold and silver takamaki-e and e-nashiji, with kirikane details, the design continued on the reverse, showing another heron about to alight on a branch, the interior of nashiji; signed Koma Yasutada saku. 7cm (2¾in) wide. Footnotes: 柳鷺図蒔絵印籠　銘「古満安匡作」　19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London, 1981. Wrangham collection, no.1529. A catalogue entry from a previous auction sale mentions a note by a former owner stating that the inro was made for the Daimyo of Gifu. It is uncertain however, if this is part of the set described in lot 270 from The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I sale, 9 November 2010. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 279. www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/279/ For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com