A Small Japanese Gold Lacquer, Mother of Pearl and Pewter Box

Edo period (1615-1868), a small gold lacquer box with inlaid mother of pearl and pewter to cover in form of a support and boards of a veranda, probably alluding to a Japanese poem or story, interior and underside with nashiji, pewter mounts, unsigned.

1 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 in.

Private Collection, New York and London

Some cracking with loss to gold lacquer on edges of cover and foot rim of box; small area of loss to interior of cover; a scratch to front of cover.