A FINE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH LILIES, EX TOMKINSON COLLECTION Unsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Tomkinson, Michael (1898) A Japanese Collection, vol. 1, no. 981. Of upright, rectangular form, the rogin (shibuichi) ground decorated to either side with a shaped cartouche enclosing lilies and reeds in gold togidashi-e against a roiro ground. The interior of roiro with fundame edges. HEIGHT 8 cm Condition: Good condition with old wear, light scratches here and there, few microscopic nicks. Provenance: Ex Tomkinson Collection, no. 981 (old collector's label to underside), described in the book on the Tomkinson collection as “lacquer, a flowering plant, in gold on a ground of black in panels, outside the panels the lacquer represents the metal shibuichi. 18th century.” Old collector's label '199' to interior.