A Japanese gold and black lacquer rectangular box and hinged cover decorated in aogai and stained ivory with a vase of flowers on a table before fans and butterflies -- 10¾.in.long, signed; a lacquer rectangular box and cover decorated with butterflies -- 4.in.long; and a pair of brown and gold lacquer bulbous vases decorated with cranes in flight above reeds -- 3¼.in.high. (4)