A CHINESE RED AND BLACK LACQUER LUNCH BOX,19th century. Of rectangular outline, the top inlaid with copper and mother-of-pearl flowers, brass handle, above doors with a similar decoration opening on two boxes, one three tier, each painted with qilin and flowering branches on iron red ground - 9 1/2 in. x 10 1/4 in. x 6 in. Estimate $600-700
PROVENANCE: Gift from the President of Ingeneering Company in Tokyo.