A LARGE RECTANGULAR SHIBAYAMA STYLE LACQUER TRAY with indented corners decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane, nashiji and scattered hirame with rakan seated on rockwork beneath peony, maple and prunus trees surrounded by various animals including a tiger, crane and dragon and holding various attributes, the rim decorated with aoi mon within geometric cartouches of stylised flowerheads on a kinji ground, the underside in nashiji (some inlay missing, old wear and damage), 19th century