Kanshosai Toyo (ACTIVE CIRCA 1779)A four-case lacquer inroEdo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryLacquered on a shibuichi-nuri and kinji ground with a crow alighting on a withered branch against the setting sun, in black and gold togidashi maki-e, the branch of silver takamaki-e continuing on the reverse, the interior cases nashiji with kinji edges, signed with engraved characters Toyo; fitted with a wood and bone ojime in the form of a baluster jar 2 1/2in (6.3cm) high注脚ProvenanceE. A. Wrangham Collection, sold Bonhams, London, The Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, Part V, November 5, 2014, lot 151Wrangham Collection, no.962M. T. Hindson Collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, via Douglas J. K. Wright, 1969