A GROUP OF FOUR GOLD LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOXES, 19TH CENTURY, the first with decoration of crane in flight over pine trees, with minogame swimming by water's edge, mon, and crossed feathers in circular roundel, silver rims, nashiji interiors--3½ in. long; a square box a stand of entwined pine and fruiting peach trees on a nashiji ground, roiro-nuri interiors--3 in.; another silver-rimmed box, the lid decorated with pine, peony and mon, nashiji interiors--3½ in. long; a small fubako, with crane and minogame by pine and other plants, mon; roiro-nuri interiors, engraved mounts and rings--4 3/8 in. long; an ink stone, lacquered cover depicting Kikujudo, and a stand with gold scrolling decoration--3½ x 5 3/8 in.; a quatrefoil box, the cover decorated with an actor, his face and fan inlaid in ivory, nashiji interiors--4 in. long; together with a two-case inro, fashioned from a node of bamboo, decorated with a gold lacquer cockerel on one side and a fruiting peach tree on the reverse, the top and bottom with Somada School inlay--2 1/8 in. high (7)