An inlaid gold lacquer and cloisonné enamel four-case inro, Meiji Period. Photo Bonhams.

Bearing a rich nashiji ground lacquered in gold takamaki-e with ho-o birds in flight amid floral sprays, both sides inset with a silver central cartouche bordered with stylised floral motifs inlaid in enamels, enclosing on one side a carpenter waving his hands in shock as the statue of a Chinese maiden shown on the reverse comes to life having stepped out of the portable shrine, all decorated in shibuichi, gold, enamel and bronze takazogan, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with silver and enamelled ojime and carved two-part red-lacquer manju-netsuke engraved with three fishermen in a Chinese landscape, unsigned; with wood storage box. 9cm (3½in) high. (2). Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 (€12,000 - 18,000)

Bonhams. FINE JAPANESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014 -http://www.bonhams.com/