A group of four lacquer vessels


One by Maehata Shunsai (born 1964)Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century, and Showa period (1926-1989) Comprising a square kogo with an overhanging cover decorated in silver and gold hiramaki-e with chrysanthemum scroll and autumn grasses with silver drops of dew, all on a nashiji ground; a natsume (tea caddy) decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a roiro-nuri ground with a willow tree, signed on the underside Shunsai; a natsume decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with a flowering branch of camellia on a roiro-nuri ground; a natsume decorated in two shades of gold hiramaki-e with hyotan (gourds) and leaves on the vine, against a roiro-nuri ground 3in (7.6cm) high, the tallest