A circular lacquer suzuribako


Meiji eraThe lid decorated in gold and silver togidashi maki-e and accents of aogai inlay with a pair of itinerant entertainers performing with two costumed monkeys, the lid underside with a nashiji ground similarly decorated in togidashi maki-e, with additional e-nashiji and kirikane and featuring two lavishly dressed street performers, one beating a drum, the other dancing with a fan, the dense nashiji ground continuing on the lower portion with two removable supports securing an ingot-shaped ink stone below a small silver water dropper fashioned as a plover in flight, with silver rims.7 5/8in (19.3cm) diameter