A gold-lacquer four-case inro By Togyu, 19th century The rich kinji ground lacquered on one side with a large horse in gold takamaki-e and on the reverse with a smaller galloping colt in brown and black takamaki-e, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Togyu tsukuru, with a coral ojime. 7.6cm (3in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 馬図蒔絵印籠　銘「桃牛造」　19世紀 Provenance: Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, June 1997. Wrangham collection, no.2110. Published: Raymond Bushell, The Inro Handbook, New York and Tokyo, 1979, p.49, no.29. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.291, Togyu. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 183. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/183/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com