A large lacquer rebunko, Meiji period, of rounded rectangular form, the top and sides decorated in hiramaki-e and kirikane with differently shaped vignettes of gardens and landscape scenes reserved on the nashiji ground, the interior of the cover similarly decorated with flowers growing beside a fence near a meandering stream, fitted with a shallow tray on the interior, (3), 16 cm high, 43 cm long, 34 cm deep. Provenance: Dame Merlin Myer DBE, Melbourne. Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney, 12 November 1993. Private Collection, Sydney.