An ivory three-case inroBy Adachi Masanobu (born 1838), 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body carved in relief with Kikujido seated on a rock, beside a fast-flowing stream and rapids, among chrysanthemum blooms, holding a spray of chrysanthemums in one hand and a brush in the other as he composes a poem, the reverse with chrysanthemums growing in a mountainous landscape among clouds; signed Fuji Masanobu with a kao. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し菊慈童図象牙彫印籠 銘「藤正信（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: M. Tafler collection.Michael Birch collection.Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1962.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.168, Masanobu, Adachi Fujiwara, third from left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 226.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/226/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koma (Kimura) Koryu, late 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with an usunashiji ground lacquered with a continuous scene of a withered maple tree in an autumn rain storm, with distant hills, in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Koma Koryu saku; with a carnelian ojime. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し豪雨に紅葉の木図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満巨柳作」 18世紀後期Provenance: Donald C. Mendelson collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1561.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.145, Koryu, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 142.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/142/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An inlaid black-lacquer two-case inroBy Mizutani Shutoho, 18th centuryThe wide body with a roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a bird in a flowering prunus tree, another flying on the reverse, in gold takamaki-e and raden takazogan, the interior of roiro with long smooth dragons in delicate chinkinbori; signed with tensho characters Shutoho and a seal Komuru. 6.4cm (2½in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し花鳥図螺鈿蒔絵印籠 銘「秋登甫 蒙（方印）」 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.776.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 292.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/292/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An iron tsubaNanban school, 18th centuryOf oval form, carved in low relief with two dragons disputing a flaming pearl, the reverse similarly carved with a putto derived from a European leather design, flanked by the letters ERNOL UTPFS, highlights of gold and silver nunome; unsigned. 8.2cm (3¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 龍に天使 無銘 18世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 12.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/12/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A dark shibuichi kozukaYanagawa School, 19th centuryThe nanako ground inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo takazogan with oshidori (Mandarin ducks) in a stream, the reverse of shakudo; signed Yanagawa Haruhide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 鴛鴦 銘「柳川春英」 19世紀For the maker, Nakajima Haruhide (1775-1851), see Haynes, Index, no.H00791.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 85.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/85/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A red-and-black lacquer small two-case inroBy Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845/6), 19th centuryThe shu ishimeji (vermilion imitation of stone) ground lacquered on one side with a peony in gold and red takamaki-e and on the other with an inlaid silver vase of Chinese beaker form, cast with a dragon and formal flowerhead, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Yoyusai; with an ojime inlaid with mon (crests) and the auspicious character Kotobuki. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し牡丹図蒔絵貼付彫金印籠 銘「羊遊斎」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1970.Wrangham collection, no.1009.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 225.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/225/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A reishi fungus tonkotsu (tobacco box)By Jikan Ganbun, 19th centuryThe irregular form body variously inlaid with numerous metal ants and ant eggs around an ants' nest, two partially gilt-metal shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs) and rocks of coral and agate, the wood cover later inlaid with a floral medallion of mother-of-pearl and the interior gold-lacquered; signed on an inlaid wood tablet Jikan Ganbun. 8.5cm x 10.2cm (2 3/8in x 4in). Please note that the Lid may not be integral to the piece and the Ganbun signature plaque on the inside of the lid is probably added. Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し獅子図霊芝とんこつ 銘「自侃眼文」 19世紀Provenance: Col. Dennis collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1985.Wrangham collection, no.1763.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 114.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/114/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three kiseruzutsuOne by Shusai, late 19th centuryThe first of brown lacquer, engraved with tama (sacred jewels) and clouds, unsigned, 22.5cm (8 7/8in) long; the second of cherrywood, the bark forming a panel on the front, lacquered with flowering stems, signed Shusai, 22.3cm (8¾in) long; the third of ebony, carved with a vine, unsigned, 21cm (8¼in) long. (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫きせる筒 三点 （玉、花、蔓草花） 19世紀後期Provenance: the first purchased from Trudel Klefisch, Cologne, 2006.Wrangham collection, no.2234.The second purchased from Sotheby's, London, 2007.Wrangham collection, no.2254.The third purchased from Nelly Davies, London, 2006.Wrangham collection no.2249.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 99.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/99/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A shibuichi tsubaIchinomiya School, 19th centuryOf oval form, carved in sunken relief with the Kokei Sansho (Three Laughers of Tiger Gorge) standing in conversation, the reverse engraved with a bridge; signed Nagatsune with a kao. 7cm (2¾in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 虎渓三笑 銘「長常（花押）」 19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 15.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/15/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and inlaid metal four-case inroBy Ittokusai and Kikuoka Mitsuyuki, 19th centuryThe rich kinji ground lacquered in fine detail with a spreading pine tree in gold takamaki-e, amid kirikane clouds, beneath which is inlaid the seated figure of Jurojin with his recumbent stag in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan, the interior of nashiji, signed for the lacquer Ittokusai saku with a seal and on an inlaid gold tablet for the metalwork, Kikuoka Mitsuyuki; with a gold lacquer ojime. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し寿老人図蒔絵彫金貼付印籠 銘「一得斎作 （壷印）」 「菊岡光行」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1975.Wrangham collection, no.1307.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.94, Ittokusai, right.It was common practice for Japanese artists in various fields to employ apprentices or have followers who legitimately adopted the same name. The present example bears the name Kikuoka Mitsuyuki, who died in 1800, although the work looks later and it is probable that the metalwork was by a close follower of the master.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 319.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/319/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer five-case inroBy Kanshosai Toju(sai) (fl. circa 1800), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a large double-gourd flask, a woven straw hat and a riding crop, beneath a weeping cherry tree, in gold takamaki-e with blossoms of inlaid pewter and some leaves of shell, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, signed Toju with a kao; with a bone double-gourd ojime. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し桜下帽子に瓢箪図蒔絵印籠 銘「桃壽（花押）」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1984.Wrangham collection, no.1700.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.292, Toju(sai), Kanshosai, right column, bottom row, second from right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 154.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/154/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquer kiseruzutsuBy Kano Tessai, (1845-1925), Meiji PeriodOf muso-zutsu type, bearing a roiro ground, carved in shishiaibori (sunken relief carving) and lacquered in negoro-nuri with Buddhist symbols, including a flying dragon over twin fish, tasselled cash and pomegranates; signed in seal form Tessai zo. 21cm (8¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し漆塗きせる筒 吉祥紋様 銘「銕哉造」 明治時代Provenance: purchased from Sagemonoya, Tokyo, 2008.Wrangham collection, no.2327.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 181.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/181/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Kanshosai Toyo, 19th centuryThe black lacquer ground embellished with sparse mura-nashiji and lacquered in gold and slight coloured togidashi maki-e with an open fan among wakamatsu (pine seedlings), the interior of black lacquer with kinji edges; signed Kanshosai with a kao. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し若松と扇子図蒔絵印籠 銘「観松斎（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Gilbertson collection, sold at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1928.Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1511.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 216.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/216/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Shiomi Masakage (1681-1764), 18th centuryThe wide rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with hazel nuts and chestnuts on a mat and a simplified fish, in gold and coloured takamaki-e, the fish of inlaid shell and the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Shiomi Masakage kore o hissu with a seal Masakage; with an ivory ojime. 6cm (2 3/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し栗とハシバミの実に小魚図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「鹽見政景筆之」 18世紀Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1977.Wrangham collection, no.1359.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.164, Masakage, Shiomi, left column, top row, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 213.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/213/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An ivory rounded-square manju netsuke with unusual inscriptionsBy Nanka, Izumi province, mid-19th centuryMinutely inscribed on one side with a listing of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road and the distances between them and on the other with a listing of the phases of the moon; signed on the moon side Ichimuken Nanka to. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し象牙彫饅頭根付 東海道五十三次・月暦の記 銘「一夢軒南柯刀」 19世紀中期For other examples of minutely inscribed manju netsuke by Ichimuken Nanka of Izumi Province, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, London, 1974, nos.825-827, pp.269-270.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 65.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/65/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pale wood kiseruzutsuBy Hozan(?), late 19th centuryCarved in shishiaibori (sunken relief carving) with children's toys, including a small dog, a rabbit on a roof-tile and a robin on a stand; signed Hozan. 22cm (8⅝in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木製漆塗きせる筒 動物玩具 銘「宝山」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1964.Wrangham collection, no.435.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 143.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/143/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A brass small three-case inro18th centuryThe ishime ground cast in relief with a sage tending to a bowl of flowers, beside an overhanging pine tree and a sage with boy attendant beside a large plant, unsigned; with a soapstone seal ojime. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し仙人図金工印籠 無銘 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1978.Wrangham collection, no.1389.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 317.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/317/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A stag-antler kiseruzutsuStyle of Ozaki Kokusai, Shiba, Tokyo, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu form, carved in low relief with archaic vessels with seals, including one in the form of a formalised baku, another with grip in the form of a seated shishi (Chinese mythological lion dog), another in the shape of a nasubi, another formed as an incense burner and the cord attachment carved as a peony; unsigned. 21.5cm (8½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鹿角彫きせる筒 青銅器 無銘（尾崎谷斎式） 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Nelly Davies, London, 2006.Wrangham collection, no.2242.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 119.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/119/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three iron kozukaKaga style, Soten school, unknown school, 18th to 19th centuryThe first inlaid with a dance-stage curtain, unsigned; the second carved and inlaid with a hawk on a perch, signed Hikone no ju Soten; the third inlaid with a gold bird on a fence, signed Kazutsura. (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 三点 （幕、鷹、小鳥） 18-19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 35.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/35/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine gold-and-black-lacquer five-case inroBy Hon'ami Shoetsu, after Yamaguchi Soken, 19th centuryThe tall vertical body with a roiro ground lacquered with a continuous scene of a girl gazing at her reflection in the Kagami-ishi (Mirror Rock), a tall flowering cherry tree beside a rushing stream on the reverse, its branches extending into cloud bands above, all in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with profuse highlights of kirikane, the ends of fundame and the interior of nashiji, signed Hon'ami Shoetsu with a seal Shoetsu; with a solid lacquer multi-coloured ojime in the form of a shojo (red-haired drunken sprite), unsigned. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:鏡石図蒔絵印籠 銘「本阿弥枩悦 枩悦（方印）」 19世紀Provenance: F. A. Richards collection, purchased in Japan, 1914, sold at Sotheby's, London, 1964.Graham Gemmell, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1965.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.246, Shoetsu, Hon'ami.Located to the north of the famous Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto, the Kagami-ishi (also called the Kagami-iwa) was famed for its remarkable reflective and diagnostic properties. A image similar to that on the present inro is shown in Miyako meisho zue (Illustrations of Famous Places in the Capital), published in 1780. According to the picture caption, 'The Kagami-ishi is a rock that clearly reflects anything placed in front of it . . . It is large with a bright surface and often reflects a person's internal organs; if there is anything wrong it will show up clearly.' (1) Both Henri L. Joly and, later, V. F. Weber refer to a celebrated painting of this subject by Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818). The present whereabouts of this work are unknown but it is almost certainly the one published in Nihon bijutsu gaho in 1899; Weber also reproduces a suzuribako (writing box) with the same design. (2)Notes:1. For the Miyako meisho zue, see Takemura Toshinori (ed.), Nihon meisho fuzoku zue (Traditional Topographical Works of Japan), Tokyo, 1981, vol. 8, pp.195-6. For an online reproduction, see also http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/meisyozue/kyoto/page7t/km_01_568.html.2. See H. L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1908, p.500, V. F. Weber, Ko-ji Ho-ten, Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois, Paris, 1923, vol.2, p.169, fig.728, and Nihon bijutsu gaho, vol.5, no.12 (25 May 1899), 'Maiden before a Stone Mirror', accessible at http://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/gahou/page/42, where both Soken's name ('Sojun') and the date of his death (1804) are inaccurate.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 125.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/125/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A shibuichi small two-case saya (sheath) inroYokoya School, 19th centuryThe saya engraved with Jurojin seated, reading a calligraphic scroll beneath a spreading pine branch, the reverse similarly engraved with a deer and crane, containing a silver two-case inro, signed Somin with a kao; with a gilt-metal and shibuichi ojime engraved with Kanzan and Jittoku, signed with a kao. 5.1cm (2in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し寿老人と鹿図金工鞘印籠 銘「宗珉（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.757.The kao is that of Yokoya Somin I, although the present example was made by a follower, working in the 19th century.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.272, Somin, Yokoya, left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 368.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/368/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shigehide, 19th centuryThe 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
An iron tsubaBy Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, carved in low relief with two fishermen in an open boat beneath an overhanging cliff, the reverse with travellers crossing a bridge in a rainstorm; signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomokiyo saku. 8cm (3 1/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 小船に漁師 銘「長州萩住友清作」 19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 14.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/14/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A copper and shakudo netsuke of a cicadaAfter Murakami Jochiku, 19th centuryThe insect resting with its wings drawn in its body, its head of patinated copper and its wings of shakudo with finely inlaid veins of gold and silver honzogan, a silver loop beneath forming the himotoshi; inscribed Jochiku. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工根付 蝉 銘「如竹」 19世紀Murakami Jochiku (died circa 1790-1800) was a metalworker who lived in Edo and was renowned for his sword fittings. He was copied by a number of metalworkers in the 19th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 81.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/81/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shokasai, 19th centuryThe vertical oval body lacquered in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on both sides with turbulent waves, the interior of nashiji, signed Shokasai; with a porcelain ojime, painted with the 'Seven Gods of Good Fortune'. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し波図蒔絵印籠 銘「松花齋」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London, 1961.Wrangham collection, no.84.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 312.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/312/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer and metal-inlaid five-case inroBy Koma Kansai and after Hamano Noriyuki, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body inlaid with Jurojin and a deer with a boy attendant, the reverse with a crane flying over a running boy, decorated in high relief of gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi on a fundame ground with clouds of nashiji, takamaki-e and kirikane, the interior of nashiji; signed Kansai with a red kao and Noriyuki saku. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:寿老人と唐子図貼付彫金蒔絵印籠 銘「寛哉（花押）」「矩隨作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1971.Wrangham collection, no.1086.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.153, Kuzui II, second from bottom left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 233.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/233/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A bone kiseruzutsuBy Sokoku, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu type, inlaid on the fine simulated rattan ground decorated with a bijin inlaid in high relief of shibuichi with details of gold, silver and copper; signed Sokoku. 21cm (8¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し網代組様骨彫貼付彫金きせる筒 美人 銘「宗谷」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Malcolm Fairley Ltd., London, 2006.Wrangham collection, no.2239.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 173.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/173/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two lacquered iron tsubaShoami and Mito Schools, 17th centuryThe first pierced within the hammered ground and later gilded and lacquered with lotus leaves, signed illegibly, 7cm (2¾in); the second of mokko form, lacquered with Mount Fuji above pine-clad hills, signed Kazushige, 8.5cm (3 3/8in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 二点 （蓮、富士） 17世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 10.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/10/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rattan kiseruzutsu and tabako-ire (tobacco pouch)By Seiseisenshu Kangetsu, late 19th centuryThe pipe case of variously stained woven cane, lacquered and inlaid with a flowering plum tree and wild flowers in gold and coloured takamaki-e and inlaid shell, signed Seiseisenshun Kangetsu; the tobacco pouch of embossed leather with a floral design, the mae-kanagu in the form of playing shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs) in shakudo and shibuichi; with a ceramic ojime. The pipe case 20.8cm (8 1/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し籐網代組蒔絵螺鈿きせる筒 梅の木 銘「青々千春」「閑月」 革製たばこ入れ19世紀後期Provenance: Robert Fleischel, Tokyo, 2009.Wrangham collection, no.2337.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 69.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/69/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three metal-inlaid miniature inro19th centuryComprising: a small copper two-case inro inlaid with a vase and a flying goose, signed Kikugawa; with a copper ojime; and a kagamibuta netsuke, the wood bowl with a copper plate, bearing the character ju, signed shichiju-o (at the age of 70), with a seal Mitsunobu, 4.2cm (1 5/8in); a silver single-case circular inro engraved and inlaid with butterflies and hagi (bush clover), signed Kikugawa with a kao, 3.8cm (1½in); and another engraved with a duck landing among water plants, unsigned, with a silver ojime, 3.2cm (1¼in). (3).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し金工小印籠 三点 （月に雁、蝶に萩、鴨に野草） 19世紀Provenance: the first purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1988.Wrangham collection, no.1882.The second purchased at Phillips, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1957.The third purchased at Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 1986.Wrangham collection, no.1826.The first published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, left.The second published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.127, Kikugawa, right.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 328.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/328/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual black-lacquer kiseruzutsuBy Zokoku, late 19th centuryBearing a roiro ground, painted with a fish in a basket beside a large pomegranate among reeds, in white, green and ochre pigment; signed in a red lacquer reserve Zokoku. 23.5cm (9¼in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蒔絵きせる筒 魚に柘榴 銘「象谷」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Graham Gemmell, London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1936.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 102.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/102/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koami Tadamitsu, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered with mura-nashiji and decorated with tea pickers at work on one side, a huge bridge overhung by a weeping willow, spanning the Uji river on the other, in the background a lake and and high mountains shown in the morning mist, in delicate gold and coloured togidashi maki-e, the interior of rich nashiji, signed Koami Tadamitsu; with a gilt metal ojime, carved and pierced with millet, inscribed Tomei. 8.2cm (3¼in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し宇治茶摘図蒔絵印籠 銘「幸阿弥忠光」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Joseph U. Seo, New York, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1501.A very similar example was in the Michael Tomkinson collection, no.506.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 224.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/224/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A wood three-case inroBy Toteiken Yoshimasa (Hosei), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular body carved with two panels in high relief, decorated with the Chikurin Shikken ('Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove'), on a ground of swirling clouds in low relief, signed in a rectangular reserve Toteiken Yoshimasa with a kao; with a black lacquer ojime. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し竹林七賢図木彫印籠 銘「藤庭軒 芳正（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Dr Walter Heihs collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1998.Wrangham collection, no.2141.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 301.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/301/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pale shibuichi three-case inroAttributed to Goto Shinjo (Mitsuyoshi, 1783-1834), 19th centuryThe tall vertical rectangular body inlaid in gold high relief with a nightingale flying past the inlaid silver moon above wild flowers growing on the shores of a meandering stream; signed Goto Mitsuyoshi with a kao. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し夜鳴鳥風景図金工印籠 銘「後藤光美（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Dr Melvin and Betty Jahss collection.Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1991.Wrangham collection, no.2020.Published: Melvin and Betty Jahss, Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art, London, 1971, p.165.Goto Shinjo, known also as Mitsuyoshi, was the fifteenth master of the Goto main line school (see Haynes, Index, no.H08644).The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 367.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/367/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Miyama, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a subdued nashiji ground, lacquered with a temple servant clutching a lantern as he runs beneath a tattered umbrella while rain beats down diagonally, the reverse with a lantern suspended from a pine branch, in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e, the hanging lantern of gold foil and the interior of nashiji, signed Miyama with a kao; with a horn ojime in the form of a swimming tadpole; and a wood netsuke carved as a millstone with a lacquered brush resting on the top. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し豪雨の中を歩く従者図蒔絵印籠 銘「三山」 18世紀Provenance: Bloch collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1994.Wrangham collection, no.2058.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.223, Sanzan.The name Sanzan has been recorded by Wrangham, although we feel that the reading Miyama is preferable.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 233.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/233/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer suzuribako (box for writing utensils) with en-suite cover17th centuryThe rectangular body with rounded corners and an overhanging lid, the roiro ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e with an overall design of clematis flowers and stems which extends over the sides of both lid and box, the interior of the lid, the tray and the baseboard of dense gold nashiji, the suiteki (water-dropper) of cloisonné-enamel, the suzuri (ink-stone) with a gold-lacquered rim; unsigned. 4cm x 23.5cm x 21.2cm (1 5/8in x 9¼in x 8 3/8in). (5).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鉄仙文蒔絵硯箱 無銘 17世紀Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1982.Wrangham collection, no.1599.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 152.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/152/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy Shiomi Masanari, late 18th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered with a red cockatoo perched on a jagged rock from which wild flowers sprout, the design continuing on the reverse, in gold, silver and coloured takamaki-e with details of kirikane and the interior of nashiji; signed Shiomi Masanari. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し岩上鸚鵡図蒔絵印籠 銘「鹽見政誠」 18世紀後期Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased in 1965.Wrangham collection, no.585.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 275.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/275/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer small four-case inroBy Kobayashi Yasuaki, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered with a continuous scene of two flaming tama (sacred jewels) with tied reeds in sumi-e togidashi maki-e, the interior of nashiji; signed Kobayashi Yasu with a kao. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し葦草に玉図蒔絵印籠 銘「小林保（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1968.Wrangham collection, no.859.Published: E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.134, Kobayashi Yasuaki, second from left top, and p.323, Kobayashi Yasuaki, left on right column.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 286.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/286/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Notice Contrary to the description, this inro is decorated with a lacquer imitation of a sumi painting and not sumi-e togidashi maki-e.
A shakudo kozukaBy Jochiku, Murakami School, 19th centuryThe ishime ground inlaid with a cat curled up asleep while two butterflies flit overhead, the reverse with 'slanting rain' yasuri; signed Jochiku.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し小柄 眠り猫 銘「如竹」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1965.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 68.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/68/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An ivory netsuke of a mikan (Japanese orange)By Hosai Masahiro, 19th centuryThe fruit with two large leaves attached to a stalk which forms the himotoshi and open on one side to reveal a scene of figures playing go with trees and hills in the distance; signed Masahiro with a seal Hosai. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し象牙彫根付 橘中の仙 銘「正廣 方斎（方印）」 19世紀The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 160.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/160/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A boxwood netsuke of a snakeBy Sari, early 19th centuryTightly coiled in several loops, its head standing proud at the top and its tail forming the himotoshi beneath, the wood lightly stained and the eyes inlaid with pale horn; signed in an oval reserve Sari. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付 蛇 銘「左里」 19世紀前期The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 114.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/114/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual wood three-case inroBy Yano Keitsu, 19th centuryThe rounded tapering body carved in high relief to one side with a Chinese landscape on a formal ground, the reverse carved in similar style with a tree in bud, on rocky ground, the interior of nashiji; signed Yano Keitsu. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し山水図木彫印籠 銘「矢野啓通」 19世紀Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1963.Wrangham collection, no.272.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.123, Keitsu, Yano.This rare maker is hitherto only known as a maker of mask netsuke.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 298.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/298/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquered-wood and bamboo inro19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with one side sliding open to reveal within five interior drawers, the inlaid bamboo chequered ground decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e on both sides with a lone crab crawling beside a rock, unsigned; with a bronze metal ojime, decorated with paulownia mon (crests), unsigned. 8.2cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し市松模様地蟹図蒔絵引出印籠 無銘 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.Wrangham collection, no.535.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 359.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/359/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Yamada Jokasai, 18th centuryThe roiro ground lacquered with Shoki, the demon-queller riding a shishi (Chinese mythological lion dog), an oni on the reverse beneath a willow branch, in gold and coloured takamaki-e with details of inlaid pewter and shell, the interior of matt gold lacquer; signed Jokasai. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍾馗と鬼図螺鈿蒔絵印籠 銘「常嘉齋」 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.774.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 221.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/221/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Koma Bunsai, early 19th centuryThe wide rectangular body with a roiro ground with mura-nashiji, lacquered and inlaid with a continuous elaborate design of two quail among wild autumn flowers by an openwork fence, while a dragonfly hovers overhead, in gold and coloured takamaki-e with details inlaid with shell and highlights of kirikane, the interior of red lacquer with matt gold lacquer risers; signed Bunsai saku; with a coral ojime. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し秋花鶉図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「文哉作」 19世紀前期Provenance: Maurice Champoud collection.Purchased from Grace Tsumugi, London, 2003.Wrangham collection, no.2210.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 196.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/196/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquer four-case inroAfter a painting by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), 18th centuryThe unusual wakasa-nuri ground of greenish tint, lacquered with a peasant ploughing a field, drawn by his horse, after a painting by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), in gold and coloured takamaki-e, the interior of nashiji, inscribed Hanabusa Itcho with a kao; unsigned. 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し耕馬代掻き図蒔絵印籠 無銘（「英一蝶（花押）」） 18世紀 Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1969.Wrangham collection, no.972.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part II, lot 178.www.bonhams.com/auctions/19295/lot/178/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual lacquered-wood four-case inro17th centuryThe tall vertical oval rectangular body carved with a continuous design of two spirited dragons among falling spray in gold and black lacquer, the top and base of nashiji and the interior of nashiji with kinji edges, unsigned; with a small black-lacquered ojime. 8.2cm (3¼in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し龍図木彫印籠 無銘 17世紀Provenance: purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1981.Wrangham collection, no.1521.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 121.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/121/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Shugakusai, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered in takamaki-e with Mount Horai and minogame (bushy-tailed turtle) while cranes fly overhead, details of kirikane and the interior of nashiji; signed Sesshu sha, Shugakusai saku. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し蓬莱山図蒔絵印籠 銘「雪舟写 秀岳齋作」 19世紀Provenance: purchased at Christie's London, 1966.Wrangham collection, no.636.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.260, Shugakusai.The design is taken from one by Oda Sesshu (1420-1706), a painter who specialised in Chinese and Japanese landscape painting.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 318.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/318/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A shibuichi tsubaIchinomiya School, late 18th/early 19th centuryInlaid in iro-e takazogan with Ono no Komachi, the reverse with a thatched hut engraved in katakiribori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and kebori (plain line engraving); signed Ichinomiya Kenryushi Nagayoshi with a kao. 6.7cm (2 5/8in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鐔 卒塔婆小町 銘「一宮見龍子長義（花押）」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1963.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part I, lot 14.www.bonhams.com/auctions/18493/lot/14/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer five-case inroBy a member of the Kiyogawa Family, after a painting by Kano Motonobu (1476-1559), 19th centuryThe fundame ground lacquered with a continuous design of a flowering hibiscus in shades of gold takamaki-e with kirikane highlights, the interior of nashiji; signed Ko-hogen Motonobu kore no zu, Kiyogawa (Seisen) saku. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し芙蓉図蒔絵印籠 銘「清川作」「古法眼元信之図」 19世紀Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1968.Wrangham collection, no.873.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.131, Kiyokawa, two on the left.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 320.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/320/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Okuda Yoshitsura, after Yuga and Kahei, 18th/19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground embellished with sparsely sprinkled gold powder, lacquered with a monkey hiding behind a rock from a swooping eagle amid pine branches and cloud bands, in gold and coloured takamaki-e with details of gold foil and highlights of kirikane, the ends of the cord runners strengthened with silver bands and the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims, signed on the base Okuda Yoshitsura ho (copied by Okuda Yoshitsura) and Yuga with a red kao, and inside the lid Kahei with another kao; with a guri-lacquer ojime. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鷲に猿図蒔絵印籠 銘「奥田義貫倣」「幽峨（花押）」「加兵衛（花押）」 18/19世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1972.Wrangham collection, no.1142.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Alnwick, Harehope Publications, 1995, p.107, Kahei, bottom row, right; and p.339, Yoshitsura, Okuda.Nemoto Yuga (1824-1866) was a Kano-School painter active in Edo and Tottori, Inaba Province.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 111.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/111/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A wood kiseruzutsuBy Tetsuri, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu form, finely engraved in kebori (plain line engraving) with sixteen rakan seated or standing in conversational groups, some holding identifiable attributes, the upper part delicately engraved with a dragon and inscribed Juroku rakan no zu, the rim mounted with gold; signed Tetsuri with a seal. 22.5cm (8 7/8in) long.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫きせる筒 十六羅漢 銘 「鉄吏（方印）」 19世紀後期Provenance: purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 2008.Wrangham collection, no.2286.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 97.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/97/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A metal-inlaid lacquer rectangular plaqueBy Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903), Ishiguro Masayoshi (1775-1862), and Ishiguro Hiroaki (died c.1850), 19th centuryThe roiro ground decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with an undulating landscape, pine trees in the foreground, a lake and rice fields to one side, hills in the distance and three birds in flight, overlaid in gold, silver, shibuichi and shakudo with two flying hawks, another hawk about to eat a heron it has brought to the ground and another heron flying away, signed Taishin with a seal Taishin for the lacquerwork and Juosai Masayoshi saku and Hiroaki on gold tablets for the metalwork; within a wood frame; with wood storage box. 49cm x 39.5cm (19¼in x 15½in). (2).Footnotes:鷹獲物図貼付彫金蒔絵額（額装） 銘「泰真 泰真（方印）」「寿翁斎政義作」「廣明」 19世紀Provenance: Malcolm Fairley, London, 2008.Wrangham collection, no.2294.Ikeda Taishin, the leading pupil of Shibata Zeshin, was named Teishitsu Gigeiin (Artist-Craftsman to the Imperial Household) in 1896. Most likely inspired by Western oil paintings, Zeshin had pioneered the production of lacquer panels in the 1870s and a particularly fine example was sold in these rooms on 5 November 2014, see The Misumi Collection: Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings, Part I, lot 14; for an example of a Zeshin panel incorporating metalwork, see Joe Earle, Masterpieces by Shibata Zeshin, London, The Kibo Foundation, 1996, no.27. For Ishiguro Hiroaki and the better known Ishiguro Masayoshi, see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, nos.H01297 and H04887. The Ishiguro family specialised in lively depictions of birds and the four metal birds applied to this plaque were most likely originally outsize menuki (sword-hilt) ornaments, similar to those by Ishiguro Kanemoto reproduced in Joe Earle, Lethal Elegance: The Art of Samurai Sword Fittings, Boston, MFA Publications, 2004, no.91.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 160.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/160/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Tatsuke Toshihide II (1771-circa 1842), dated 1821The rich roiro ground lacquered with a continuous elaborate scene of possibly Suruga Bay, depicting islands set with small huts among pine trees, with Mount Fuji in the distance, all in delicate gold togidashi maki-e, the interior of roiro with kinji edges; signed and dated Bunsei kanoto-mi kito rokujugosai Toshihide sake (made by Toshihide at the age of 65 in winter of the kanoto-mi year of Bunsei [1821]) with a red seal Tokei. 7.6cm (3in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し駿河湾に富士図蒔絵印籠 銘「文政辛巳季冬六十五歳寿秀作 東渓（方印）」 1821年Provenance: W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased at Christie's, London, 1978.Wrangham collection, no.1408.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.306, Toshihide, Tatsuke, top row, centre.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 130.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/130/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lacquer four-case inroAfter Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), 19th centuryThe rounded oval body with a dark olive green ground lacquered with a conical chawan (tea bowl) resting in an open oi (travelling box) with a rosary hanging over the door, a wide straw hat and bamboo cane on the reverse, among delicately engraved wind-blown grasses and wild flowers, inscribed Zeshin, with a silver and shakudo marbled ojime; and a lacquered wood hako netsuke lacquered with dandelions, signed illegibly. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し笈の中の茶碗図蒔絵印籠 銘「是真」 19世紀Provenance: possibly W. L. Behrens collection, no.45 (unillustrated).F. A. Richards collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1963.Wrangham collection, no.238.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.346, Zeshin, Shibata, left column, top row, second from left.In typical Zeshin manner, the design suggests the temporary absence of a travelling monk, whose accoutrements are depicted on both sides.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 199.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/199/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold-lacquer five-case inroBy Ippusai, 19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered with a continuous design of a tightly coiled snake resting in the hollow of a pine tree which stands beside a winding stream, beneath cloud bands, in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e with highlights of kirikane and okibirame, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Ippusai, with a bone ojime. 9.5cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し松に蛇図蒔絵印籠 銘「一風斎」 19世紀Provenance: Berthoud collection, purchased at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1970.Wrangham collection, no.1017.Although this artist is not listed in E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, the two signatures reproduced under 'Ipposai 一鳳齋' (p.91) both in fact appear to read Ippusai一風齋.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 181.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/181/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A wood netsuke of a shishi (Chinese mythological lion dog) and cubBy Kokei, early 19th centuryThe adult shishi standing on a high rock, watching as her cub tumbles to the ground, the wood slightly worn and bearing a good patina; signed Kokei. 3.8cm (1½in).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し木彫根付 獅子の子落し 銘「虎渓」 19世紀前期The subject illustrated is known as Shishi no ko otoshi. According to legend, the adult shishi test the vitality and strength of their offspring by throwing them off a cliff. Should the youngsters survive, they are certain to have a long life.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 66.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/66/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koami Choin/Choshu, 18th centuryThe roiro ground with bands of muranashiji, lacquered with New Year symbols, including Ise-ebi (crayfish) and wakamatsu (pine saplings), in gold and slight coloured takamaki-e, the interior of nashiji with kinji edges; signed Koami Choshu. 7cm (2¾in) high.Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し若松に伊勢海老図蒔絵印籠 銘「幸阿弥長周」 18世紀Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1961.Wrangham collection, no.82.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p.39, Choin, Koami, right.Choin (alternative name Choshu) was the sixteenth Koami master, working in the 18th century.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 164.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/164/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare black-lacquer three-case saya (sheath) inroBy Kanshosai Toyo, 19th centuryThe saya of roiro, lacquered on either side in shibuichi-nuri (simulated shibuichi) with the maru ni juji mon (crest of a cross within a circle), the emblem of the Shimazu Family, the inner three-case inro with a rich roiro ground finely embellished with an erotic scene of a samurai ravishing a courtesan from behind, her wad of kaishi (pocket paper) falling on the ground, probably after a ukiyo-e print design by Utamaro, in gold, silver and coloured togidashi maki-e, the interior of nashiji with gold fundame shoulders and rims, signed Toyo with a kao; with a silvered-metal ojime, unsigned. 6cm (2 3/8in) high.Footnotes:薩摩紋付春画蒔絵鞘印籠 銘「桃葉（花押）」 19世紀Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1989.Wrangham collection, no.1975.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 101.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/101/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large shakudo tsubaBy Somin, Yokoya School, late 18th centuryOf circular form, engraved in fine katakiribori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and kebori (plain line engraving) with two shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs), the reverse similarly engraved with two Oharame (women from Ohara near Kyoto), one carrying a bundle of brushwood on her head while the other stoops to pick up a similar load, the kozuka-hitsu plugged with gilt metal, signed Somin with a kao; with storage box. 8cm (3 1/8in). (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し鍔 獅子・大原女 銘「宗珉（花押）」 18世紀後期The kao is that of Yokoya Somin I (1670-1733) who was succeeded by two further generations, the last of them born in 1795. See Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Swords Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, nos.H08917-9.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part VI, lot 11.www.bonhams.com/auctions/22338/lot/11/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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