A rare inro collectors' lacquer cabinet, 19th century, of rectangular form, the drop front revealing five drawers of varying size, mounted with silver, the broad tsugaru-nuri ground decorated on all sides with four inro, together with netsuke and ojime in various techniques, and with inlay of ivory, metal and soapstone, 27.2 cm high, 21.7 cm wide, 15.3 cm deep. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 17 May 1990, lot 109. Private Collection, Queensland