A FINE LACQUER BOX AND COVER WITH INTERIOR TRAYJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Formed as conjoined triple-lozenge shapes, the top of the cover finely lacquered in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with kirikane and gold foil to depict the poetess Ono no Komachi looking out a window, surrounded by pine trees and saplings as well as a gnarled prunus branch, below thick clouds, further with bush clover and other autumnal flowers, the edges with scrolling vines and flowerheads, the sides with a gold-lacquered rinzu pattern on a roiro ground. The interior of the cover with a nashiji ground finely lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with a lobed panel enclosing blossoming aster and bellflower, the interior of the box similarly decorated with a gnarled prunus branch over crashing waves. The base of rich nashiji.LENGTH 22.3 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear, few tiny age cracks, light surface scratches.