Maki-e Lacquered Writing Box, Suzuri-bako, Japan, late Edo period, near square with angled corners, containing a bronze water dropper, an inkstone, and brush case, the cover decorated with a bird-and-flower scene with geese and bamboo, a plum design on its underside against a nashiji ground, with an inscribed box with date "Bunsei 7" (1824) and signature reading "Yoshimasa," ht. 1 3/4, wd. 8 1/4, dp. 9 1/8 in.