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9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
Private collection, Tokyo, formed in the 1930-40s.
A similar late Ming red lacquer rectangular box and cover, decorated with a garden scene of scholars on the top and flowers and birds on the sides, from the Qing Court collection, is illustrated in Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 45 - Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 248, pl. 196 and by Chen Lihua, ed., Carved Lacquerware, Beijing, 2008, p. 192, no. 129.