A Japanese gold and black lacquer rounded rectangular kogo with pewter rims decorated in hiramakie and pewter with flowers and foliage before a fence on a nashiji ground, the interior and base also of nashiji -- 3½.in.long; another black and gold lacquer rectangular box and cover decorated in hiramakie, takamakie and silver with scattered flowerheads on a river, on a nashiji ground, the interior also of nashiji -- 2½.in.long; and a Japanese gold lacquered cylinder decorated in hiramakie with flowerheads among scrolling foliage on a nashiji ground -- 3¾.in.long, all 17th/18th century. (3)