A lacquered-wood and bamboo inro 19th century The vertical rectangular body with one side sliding open to reveal within five interior drawers, the inlaid bamboo chequered ground decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e on both sides with a lone crab crawling beside a rock, unsigned; with a bronze metal ojime inlaid with two kiri-mon (chrysanthemum crests), unsigned. 8.2cm (3 3/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 市松模様地蟹図蒔絵引出印籠　無銘　19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965. Wrangham collection, no.535. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 359. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/359/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com