A gold-lacquer five-case inro By a member of the Kiyogawa Family, after a painting by Kano Motonobu (1476-1559), 19th century The fundame ground lacquered with a continuous design of a flowering hibiscus in shades of gold takamaki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of nashiji; signed Ko-hogen Motonobu kore no zu, Kiyogawa (Seisen) saku. 9.5cm (3¾in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 芙蓉図蒔絵印籠　銘「清川作」「古法眼元信之図」　19世紀 Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1968. Wrangham collection, no.873. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.131, Kiyokawa, two on the left. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 320. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/320/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com