A fine Japanese lacquer Sagejubako (picnic container), Edo period, 19th century, the double hexagonal frame lacquered in roiro and decorated with bamboo in hiramakie and copper-gilt carrying handle, the set comprising, a hexagonal four-tier stacking food box decorated with classical flora and meandering stream in gold lacquer, tokkuri (sake container) in nashiji and hiramakie and a hexagonal food tray with hiramakie sparrows and bamboo on a nashiji ground, 42 cm wide, 17 cm deep, 31 cm high. Provenance: Purchased Hiroshi Yanagi, Kyoto, 1994, Exhibitions, 'Sparse Shadows, flying pearls', Queensland Art gallery, 2005