A black-lacquer four-case inro By Shigenori, 19th century The vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground and lacquered in yamimaki-e (black-on-black) low relief with a dragon among clouds, its eyes of gold lacquer and the flames around its body of red lacquer, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Shigenori with a seal Shigenori; with a copper ojime cast with a dragon and bamboo in relief, signed Mitsuhiro. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 龍図蒔絵印籠　銘「茂矩　茂矩（方印）」　19世紀 Provenance: purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1979. Wrangham collection, no.1442. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.238, Shigenori. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 240. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/240/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com