Description A GROUP OF LACQUER PICNIC ITEMSJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912) and later.Comprising a two-tiered lidded jubako (picnic box) dating to the first half of the 20thcentury, with a fitted stand and a four-legged tray, all covered in roiro-nuri lacquer, the interiors lacquered red except for the tray. Together with a Meiji period two-tiered lidded jubako and handled stand, finely lacquered in red and black with leafy blooms.Condition: With surface wear. The lacquer with cracks and flakes around the edges. One of the tray's legs reattached. Overall, still good condition.Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Dimensions: Height of the boxes 10.5-15.5 cm, height of the tray 12.5 cm