A black-lacquer four-case inro By Koami Tadamitsu, 19th century The vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered with mura-nashiji and decorated with tea pickers at work on one side, a huge bridge overhung by a weeping willow, spanning the Uji river on the other, in the background a lake and and high mountains shown in the morning mist, in delicate gold and coloured togidashi maki-e, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Koami Tadamitsu; with a gilt metal ojime, carved and pierced with millet, inscribed Tomei. 8.2cm (3¼in). Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 宇治茶摘図蒔絵印籠　銘「幸阿弥忠光」　19世紀 Provenance: purchased from Joseph U. Seo, New York, 1981. Wrangham collection, no.1501. A very similar example was in the Michael Tomkinson collection, no.506. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 224. www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/224/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com