A large mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer two-tiered picnic box and cover Probably Ryukyu Islands, 19th century Elaborately inlaid on the flat top of the high domed cover with a design of stylised dense leafy flowering lotus heads in profile, the design repeated in five continuous bands around the sides, the stepped spreading foot with two narrower lotus-scroll bands, the interior entirely covered in glossy tomato-red lacquer. 41.5cm (16 3/8in) high. (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 或琉球，十九世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿番蓮紋雙層蓋盒 Provenance: Siraudin, Rue De La Paix 17, Paris (label) Old inventory label, no.11, to base 來源：巴黎和平路17號，Siraudin（標籤） 底部具庫存編號「no.11」 See related boxes illustrated in Ryūkyūan Art Treasures from European and American Collections, Okinawa, 1992, nos.100–103. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com