"Japanese Lacquered Box And Its Tray Edo - Japan"
Carved and lacquered wooden box with its integrated tray. Landscape decoration in makie lacquer and gold takamakie on the sides. On the lid, ribbon decoration and flowering branches in gold makie lacquer and mother-of-pearl and coral inlays. The inner tray and the inside of the lid are decorated with flowers on a nashiji (gold glitter) background. The edge and the inside of the box are also in nashiji lacquer. Japan, Edo era 18th century, 17.3 x 10.4 x 8.6 cm.