A gold-lacquer four-case inro By Shigehide, 19th century The vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground and lacquered in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi maki-e with a hawk perched on a rock looking down at its reflection in a stream below, the reverse showing three chidori (plovers) flying away over the water, the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims; signed Shigehide with a seal Shigehide. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 鷹に波千鳥図蒔絵印籠　銘「重榮　重榮（壷印）」　19世紀 Provenance: Lempertz, Cologne, 1969. Wrangham collection, no.971. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.235, Shigehide (alternative reading Juei[sai]), third from left. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 120. www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/120/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com