A FINE AND RARE LACQUER SAGE-JUBAKO (PORTABLE PICNIC SET) Japan, 19th century Consisting of an open rectangular frame with a handle on top and lacquered in gold kinji and nashiji, the top decorated with an ox herder below a flowering tree in takamaki-e of various colors against a dense nashiji ground. The picnic set is complete and consists of a jubako (tiered stacking box), a tray, a rectangular container, and a lidded box fitted for two pewter tokkuri (sake bottles). All parts are similarly lacquered with nashiji and gold takamaki-e flowers and leaves, and the tray is lacquered in nashiji with Chinese boys in Korean attire and a dog. With a wood tomobako storage box. SIZE 32 x 33.5 x 18 cm Condition: Very good condition, the set is completely original! Some expected surface wear and wear to lacquered details. The inside of the lidded box shows some cracks to lacquer. Provenance: British private collection. Auction comparison: A related set showing similar decorations as are on the tray was sold at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 16 May 2019, London, lot 69 (sold for 5,687 GBP).