A Yamimaki-e (black-on-black) lacquer three-case inro 19th century The rich roiro (black lacquer) ground decorated in black low relief with a different mon (crest) among elaborate karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), a mamuki usagi (rabbit staring ahead) crest on one side and a mitsu-fusen-cho (triple butterfly) crest on the other, the interior of plain black lacquer with gold edges; unsigned. 7.6cm (3in) high. Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 真向兎・三浮線蝶紋蒔絵印籠　無銘　19世紀 Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1964. Wrangham collection, no.371. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 273. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/273/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com