A GROUP OF INLAID MOTHER-OF-PEARL LACQUER ARTICLES, comprising a Chinese three-tiered oval box inlaid with flowering peony sprays within shaped cartouches on a cell-patterned ground--9¼ in. high; a Chinese octagonal tray, the center inlaid with birds on flowering branches, the lobed, raised border with patterned decoration--8 7/8 in. across; an inlaid cup and cover, the sides with floral sprays on a brocade-patterned ground, the cover with further flowers and alternating trigrams, circular knop surrounded by a petalled band, the underside of cup and cover incised with an archaic character--4½ in. diam.; an inlaid kogo, with an abstract design on cover--2½ in. diam.; together with another kogo of shaped square form, the cover with a cricket on a leaf, inlaid sides--2¾ in. (4)