A black-lacquer three-case inro By Koma Yasutada, 19th century The vertical rectangular body with a roiroi ground shading to usu-nashiji, lacquered with a shima-hiyodori (rock thrush) perched on a flowering plum branch, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the interior of red lacquer with matt gold lacquer risers; signed Koma Yasutada saku. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 梅枝に白鳥頭図蒔絵印籠　銘「古満安匡作」　19世紀 Provenance: Murakami, Paris. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., 1987. Wrangham collection, no.1845. The design is by Kano Tan'yu and is illustrated in the woodblock printed book, Gazu Hyakkacho, vol.2, published in 1729. It is the illustration number 49, Shima-hiyodori (Rockthrush), perched in a Ko-bai plum tree. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 252. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/252/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com