JAPAN - EDO PERIOD (1603 - 1868), 19th CENTURY Round gold nashiji lacquer box decorated in gold lacquer hira maki-e with a twenty-four-petaled chrysanthemum. The side is decorated with waves on a gold nashiji background and inlaid metal beads as droplets. The interior features five small boxes, including a central round one surrounded by four fan-shaped ones decorated in hira maki-e gold and silver lacquer and kirigane with pavilions and a castle in a mountainous landscape. The edges are encircled with shibuichi. H. 6 cm - Diam. 16 cm.