A large gold lacquer and metal-inlaid four-case inro. By Jitokusai Gyokuzan, 19th century. Photo Bonhams.

Bearing a rich kinji ground, inlaid with the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) in shakudo with copper and gilt details, walking and conversing among trees by a stream in a rocky landscape with pavilions and mountains in the distance, in gold takamaki-e with details of e-nashiji and kirikane, the interior of nashiji, signed Jitokusai Gyokuzan with kao; with ivory netsuke of Jurojin with a boy attendant. 11.7cm (4 5/8in). Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,700)

Provenance: Egil Arnesen collection.

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