A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER AND MOTHER OF PEARL SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX AND COVER) SHOWA ERA, C.1950 Of typical rectangular form, the lid richly decorated with leafy branches of adzuki bean plant, the leaves and pods rendered in gold hiramaki-e and aogai mother of pear inlays on the black roiro ground, the interior and inner tray embellished with gold nashiji ; with a blue and white porcelain suiteki and a rectangular ink stone; the rims with metal mounts; with a three-character signature to the cover for Ono Keizan (act. c.1950), together with an inscribed tomobako wood box. (6)