A GROUP OF LACQUER TIERED BOXES AND TEA WARES, including a circular two-tiered box, decorated with flower-filled carts and inlaid mother-of-pearl blossoms--2 7/8 in. high; a three-tiered box, of rectangular shape with indented corners, decorated with trailing branches and tendrils on nashiji ground, nashiji interiors--2¾ in. high; a fundame ground natsume, signed Korin, decorated with inlaid mother-of-pearl flowers and silver leaves, the interiors with scrolling foliage--2¾ in. high; another example with scattered pine needles on black ground--2½ in. high; a small circular box, the exterior with a crane roundel on brocade-patterned ground, nashiji interiors--1 7/8 in. diam.; another example with stylized wheels and waves--2 5/8 in. high; a negoro-nuri natsume--2½ in. high; a tea caddy with rounded body, concave lid and raised knob, decorated with flowering branches on nashiji ground--2½ in. high; a lacquered wood cylindrical box with horizontal stripes--2 5/8 in. high; and a roiro-nuri covered cup and liner, decorated with scrolling karakusa--3¾ in. high (10)