A Japanese Lacquer Mirror Box Momoyama-Edo Period (16th-17th century) Decorated in gold, silver and black hiramaki-e [low-relief lacquer] takamaki-e [high-relief lacquer], hirame [irregular gold flakes] and inlaid with gold foil on a nashiji [sprinkled gold powder] ground with birds among blossoming plum trees and clouds, black lacquer interior, fundame [gold ground] rim