A black-lacquer natsume (tea caddy) After a design by Tosa Mitsusada (1738-1836), late 19th/early 20th century Of cylindrical form, the cover with canted edges, bearing a roiro ground, lacquered with a simple design of two pine trees in gold takamaki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of roiro; signed Mitsusada with a seal Mitsusada no i (after Mitsusada). 7.6cm x 7cm (3in x 2¾in). (2). Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 松図蒔絵棗　銘「光貞　光貞之意（方印）」　19世紀後期/20世紀前期 Provenance: Betty Bainbridge collection, purchased in Japan, c.1920, purchased from Tom Bainbridge, London, 1985. Wrangham collection, no.743. Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.180, Mitsusada, Shunsho, right. The signature refers to the artist Tosa Mitsutada (1738-1806), see lot 214 from the Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, 5 November 2014. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 228. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/228/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com