Property from a private collection SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and shell against a polished black roiro background, depicting a rabbit crouched beneath a bean plant under a full moon rendered in soft hues of silver togidashi maki-e , signed Shiomi Masanari hitsu (Brushed by Shiomi Masanari) and sealed Masanari ; ojime stone; netsuke wood, carved as two rabbits 3 1/8in (8cm) high Provenance , New York, September 13, 2011, lot 2097