RECTANGULAR JÛBAKO Having belonged to an incense set, with two levels and a lid, in kinji lacquer, the lid and sides decorated in usuniku-takamaki-e, heidatsu gold, aogai and kirigane inlays, with chrysanthemum bushes among hills and on the banks of a stream; the lid revealing a small tray decorated with cherry blossom trees in heidatsu gold and silver, among hills; the lower level containing three small black lacquer boxes decorated with a set of autumn plants in moonlight, in hiramaki-e gold and red, aogai, heidatsu gold and mura-nashiji; the inside and reverse in nashiji lacquer. The edges circled with silver-plated metal. Japan, Edo period, 18th century. A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND METAL INLAID GOLD LACQUERED JÛBAKO, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY. DIM. 8,3 X 12,3 X 9,2 CM (3 1/4 X 4 13/16 X 3 5/8 IN.) PROVENANCE: Pierre Bergé & Associés, 15 November 2003, no. 198.